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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Russian Gen. Nikolay Makorov, right, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, at the Pentagon, April 22, 2010. Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak, center, and Gen. Maj. Alexander Parshin, left, the defense attache, accompanied Makorov.

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Russian Gen. Nikolay Makorov, right, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, at the Pentagon, April 22, 2010. Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak, center, and Gen. Maj. Alexander Parshin, left, the defense attache, accompanied Makorov.

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