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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense ministers from the three Adriatic Charter nations meet with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, in the Pentagon, Feb. 19, 2008, for regional security discussions. On the far-side of the table, left to right, are Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu and Macedonian Defense Minister Lazar Elunovski.

CROATIA, ALBANIA, MACEDONIA

Defense ministers from the three Adriatic Charter nations meet with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, in the Pentagon, Feb. 19, 2008, for regional security discussions. On the far-side of the table, left to right, are Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu and Macedonian Defense Minister Lazar Elunovski.

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