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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Australian Defense Minister John Faulkner, right, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, at the Pentagon, April 12, 2010. Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Beazley, center, and Simeon Gilding, deputy secretary for strategy, far left, accompanied Faulkner.

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Australian Defense Minister John Faulkner, right, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, at the Pentagon, April 12, 2010. Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Beazley, center, and Simeon Gilding, deputy secretary for strategy, far left, accompanied Faulkner.

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