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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, hosts a meeting with Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean, right foreground, at the Pentagon, March 16, 2010. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Gates.

DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, hosts a meeting with Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean, right foreground, at the Pentagon, March 16, 2010. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Gates.

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