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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President George W. Bush, right, was back at the Pentagon on Sept. 17, 2001, to meet with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They met to continue planning an appropriate military response to the al Qaeda threat. They held a press conference after the meeting, where Defense Department photographer Robert D. Ward shot this picture of a very determined-looking president.

President George W. Bush, right, was back at the Pentagon on Sept. 17, 2001, to meet with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They met to continue planning an appropriate military response to the al Qaeda threat. They held a press conference after the meeting, where Defense Department photographer Robert D. Ward shot this picture of a very determined-looking president.

President George W. Bush, right, was back at the Pentagon on Sept. 17, 2001, to meet with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They met to continue planning an appropriate military response to the al Qaeda threat. They held a press conference after the meeting, where Defense Department photographer Robert D. Ward shot this picture of a very determined-looking president.

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