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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Blair House in Washington, D.C., July 7, 2010.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Blair House in Washington, D.C., July 7, 2010.

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