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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hosts a meeting with Belgian Defense Minister Peter de Crem, right foreground, to discuss a range of bilateral security issues at the Pentagon, Dec. 15, 2009. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, left, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow, right, joined Gates.

DEFENSE MEETING

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hosts a meeting with Belgian Defense Minister Peter de Crem, right foreground, to discuss a range of bilateral security issues at the Pentagon, Dec. 15, 2009. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, left, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow, right, joined Gates.

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