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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Becky Gates (right), wife of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (center), receives flowers from Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Polyakov upon the Gates’ arrival at the Boryspil International Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 21, 2007.

GATES ARRIVES IN UKRAINE

Becky Gates (right), wife of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (center), receives flowers from Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Polyakov upon the Gates’ arrival at the Boryspil International Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 21, 2007.

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