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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdul Qader, right, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, at the Pentagon, June 15, 2010. Iraq's Ambassador to the United States Samir Shakir al-Sumaydi accompanied the minister.

PENTAGON MEETING

Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdul Qader, right, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, at the Pentagon, June 15, 2010. Iraq's Ambassador to the United States Samir Shakir al-Sumaydi accompanied the minister.

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