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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President Bush pauses during a speech as Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates applaud during a Memorial Day ceremony in the Arlington National Cemetery amphitheater. The president and the Defense Department's top leaders spoke after taking part in a Memorial Day commemoration wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, May 26, 2008.

APPLAUDING THE PRESIDENT

President Bush pauses during a speech as Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates applaud during a Memorial Day ceremony in the Arlington National Cemetery amphitheater. The president and the Defense Department's top leaders spoke after taking part in a Memorial Day commemoration wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, May 26, 2008.

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