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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

With President Bush in the lead, and followed by Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to Vice President Richard Cheney as they depart the Pentagon on Aug. 31, 2007.

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With President Bush in the lead, and followed by Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to Vice President Richard Cheney as they depart the Pentagon on Aug. 31, 2007.

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