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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, hosts a meeting with General of the Army Nikolay Makorov, left foreground, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, at the Pentagon, April 22, 2010. Makorov is accompanied by Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak, right foreground. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Gates to his right.

DEFENSE MEETING

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, hosts a meeting with General of the Army Nikolay Makorov, left foreground, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, at the Pentagon, April 22, 2010. Makorov is accompanied by Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak, right foreground. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Gates to his right.

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