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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Afghanistan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center left, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, center right, and John Metzler, superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, right, listen to U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, center, at a grave site while touring Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 13, 2010.

A GENERAL'S THOUGHTS

Afghanistan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, left, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center left, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, center right, and John Metzler, superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, right, listen to U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, center, at a grave site while touring Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 13, 2010.

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