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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, meets with Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska at the Pentagon, March 17, 2010. Slovak Ambassador to the United States Peter Burian, center, and Julius Demetrian, left, director general of defense policy, accompanied Baska.

DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, meets with Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska at the Pentagon, March 17, 2010. Slovak Ambassador to the United States Peter Burian, center, and Julius Demetrian, left, director general of defense policy, accompanied Baska.

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