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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Left to right, Vice President Dick Cheney, President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, right, and the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon, Aug. 31, 2007.

BUSH, CHENEY VISIT PENTAGON

Left to right, Vice President Dick Cheney, President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, right, and the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon, Aug. 31, 2007.

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