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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, meets with Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id, right, and Omani Minister of Defense Sayyid Badr bin Saud al-Busaidi at the Bait Al-Barakah Palace outside Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008.

MUSCAT MEETING

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, meets with Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id, right, and Omani Minister of Defense Sayyid Badr bin Saud al-Busaidi at the Bait Al-Barakah Palace outside Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008.

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