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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left center, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right center, meet before a Ministers of Defense North Atlantic Counsel meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 14, 2010.

DEFENSE MEETING

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left center, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right center, meet before a Ministers of Defense North Atlantic Counsel meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 14, 2010.

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