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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Photographers crowd to get shots of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chinese Gen. Liang Guanglie, the National Defense minister, as they troop the line of the Peoples' Liberation Army ceremonial guard during welcoming ceremonies for Gates at the Bayo Building in Beijing, Jan. 10, 2011.

CEREMONIAL WALK

Photographers crowd to get shots of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chinese Gen. Liang Guanglie, the National Defense minister, as they troop the line of the Peoples' Liberation Army ceremonial guard during welcoming ceremonies for Gates at the Bayo Building in Beijing, Jan. 10, 2011.

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