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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Newly appointed Danish Defense Minister Gitte Lillelund Bech meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, at the Pentagon, March 4, 2010. Kristian Fischer, center, Danish deputy permanent undersecretary of state for defense, accompanied Bech.

PENTAGON MEETING

Newly appointed Danish Defense Minister Gitte Lillelund Bech meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, at the Pentagon, March 4, 2010. Kristian Fischer, center, Danish deputy permanent undersecretary of state for defense, accompanied Bech.

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