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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

German Minister of Defense Karl-Theodor Zu Guttenberg, right, responds to a reporter's question during a press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates outside the Pentagon, Nov. 19, 2009. Earlier, the two defense leaders met in private and then held talks with some of their senior advisors.

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German Minister of Defense Karl-Theodor Zu Guttenberg, right, responds to a reporter's question during a press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates outside the Pentagon, Nov. 19, 2009. Earlier, the two defense leaders met in private and then held talks with some of their senior advisors.

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