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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, third from right in front, and Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet, fifth from right, gather on the front steps of the Presidential Palace during the first "plus" defense ministers meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 12, 2010.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, third from right in front, and Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet, fifth from right, gather on the front steps of the Presidential Palace during the first "plus" defense ministers meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 12, 2010.

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