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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Leader of the transition team for South Korean President-elect Lee Myung Bak South Korean National Assemblyman Chung Mong-joon (left) meets with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) in the Pentagon on Jan. 23, 2008. Chung, Gates and members of their senior staffs are discussing a broad range of bilateral issues of particular interest to the incoming government. Other members of the delegation include: (left to right from Chung) Advisor to the Special Envoy Han Sung Joon, Advisor Foreign Relations Division Kim woo Sand and South Korean Defense Attaché Maj. Gen. Dae Young.

South Korean National Assemblyman Chung Mong-joon meets with Secretary Gates.

Leader of the transition team for South Korean President-elect Lee Myung Bak South Korean National Assemblyman Chung Mong-joon (left) meets with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) in the Pentagon on Jan. 23, 2008. Chung, Gates and members of their senior staffs are discussing a broad range of bilateral issues of particular interest to the incoming government. Other members of the delegation include: (left to right from Chung) Advisor to the Special Envoy Han Sung Joon, Advisor Foreign Relations Division Kim woo Sand and South Korean Defense Attaché Maj. Gen. Dae Young.

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