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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from right, hosts a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left foreground, at the Pentagon, June 4, 2009. Joining Gates are senior advisors, from left to right: Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, assistant defense secretary for international security affairs; U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy.

DEFENSE MEETING

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from right, hosts a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left foreground, at the Pentagon, June 4, 2009. Joining Gates are senior advisors, from left to right: Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, assistant defense secretary for international security affairs; U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy.

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