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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The President of France Nicholas Sarkozy (left,) looks on as NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (right) congratulates his successor Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the final press conference of the NATO summit in Strasbourg, France, April 4, 2009.

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The President of France Nicholas Sarkozy (left,) looks on as NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (right) congratulates his successor Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the final press conference of the NATO summit in Strasbourg, France, April 4, 2009.

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