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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from right, hosts a meeting with Gen. Nikolai Patrushev, second from left, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and Sergey Kislyak, Russian ambassador to the United States, left, at the Pentagon, April 20, 2010.

PENTAGON MEETING

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from right, hosts a meeting with Gen. Nikolai Patrushev, second from left, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and Sergey Kislyak, Russian ambassador to the United States, left, at the Pentagon, April 20, 2010.

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