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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) escorts Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky of the Slovak Republic through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon, Sept. 5, 2007.

HONOR CORDON

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) escorts Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky of the Slovak Republic through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon, Sept. 5, 2007.

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