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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, hosts bilateral security discussions with Slovenian Defense Minister Ljubica Jelusic, left foreground, at the Pentagon, Nov. 5, 2010. Julianne Smith, principal director for Europe and NATO, office of the under secretary of defense for policy, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Gates.

SECURITY DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, hosts bilateral security discussions with Slovenian Defense Minister Ljubica Jelusic, left foreground, at the Pentagon, Nov. 5, 2010. Julianne Smith, principal director for Europe and NATO, office of the under secretary of defense for policy, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Gates.

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