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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left to right: Russia's Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of Staff General Nikolai Makarov, Singapore's Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean, Thailand's Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of the Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers, pose for a photo at the association's first "plus" meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 12, 2010.

DEFENSE MINISTERS

From left to right: Russia's Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of Staff General Nikolai Makarov, Singapore's Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean, Thailand's Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of the Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers, pose for a photo at the association's first "plus" meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 12, 2010.

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