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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, hosts a meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, at the Pentagon, July 23, 2009. Also participating in the talks is Iraq's Ambassador to the United States, Samir Shakir al-Sumaydi, center. A female interpreter sits between the two Iraqi men.

SECURITY TALKS

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, hosts a meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, at the Pentagon, July 23, 2009. Also participating in the talks is Iraq's Ambassador to the United States, Samir Shakir al-Sumaydi, center. A female interpreter sits between the two Iraqi men.

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