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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates takes a photo with Grateful Nation Award recipients at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs annual dinner in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2007.

GRATEFUL NATION AWARDS

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates takes a photo with Grateful Nation Award recipients at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs annual dinner in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2007.

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