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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left foreground, at the Pentagon, April 27, 2010.

DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left foreground, at the Pentagon, April 27, 2010.

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