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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From right, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer and Australian Minister for Defense Brendan Nelson listen to a reporter's question during a media availability at the State Department's Franklin Room in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2006, during U.S.-Australian bilateral ministerial meetings.

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From right, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer and Australian Minister for Defense Brendan Nelson listen to a reporter's question during a media availability at the State Department's Franklin Room in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2006, during U.S.-Australian bilateral ministerial meetings.

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