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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is welcomed to Hanoi, Vietnam, by Michael Michalak, U.S Ambassador to Vietnam, Oct. 10, 2010. Gates traveled to Vietnam to meet with Vietnamese leaders and some of his counterparts in the region and to participate in the first “plus” conference of defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is welcomed to Hanoi, Vietnam, by Michael Michalak, U.S Ambassador to Vietnam, Oct. 10, 2010. Gates traveled to Vietnam to meet with Vietnamese leaders and some of his counterparts in the region and to participate in the first “plus” conference of defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is welcomed to Hanoi, Vietnam, by Michael Michalak, U.S Ambassador to Vietnam, Oct. 10, 2010. Gates traveled to Vietnam to meet with Vietnamese leaders and some of his counterparts in the region and to participate in the first “plus” conference of defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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