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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie, right, along with French Ambassador Jean David Levitte, seated to the left of her, meet with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, left foreground, in the Pentagon, Oct. 19, 2006.

PENTAGON MEETING

French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie, right, along with French Ambassador Jean David Levitte, seated to the left of her, meet with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, left foreground, in the Pentagon, Oct. 19, 2006.

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