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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Vice President Richard B. Cheney (left) and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai shake hands after a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 7, 2004. Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld are in Afghanistan to attend the first Presidential Inauguration of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and to visit troops deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom.

Vice President Cheney and Afghanistan President Karzai shake hands.

Vice President Richard B. Cheney (left) and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai shake hands after a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 7, 2004. Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld are in Afghanistan to attend the first Presidential Inauguration of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and to visit troops deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom.

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