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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, flanked by Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, right, talks with India's National Security Advisor M. K. Narayana, second from right, foreground, in the Pentagon, Oct. 28, 2009.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, flanked by Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, right, talks with India's National Security Advisor M. K. Narayana, second from right, foreground, in the Pentagon, Oct. 28, 2009.

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