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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Seiji Maehara at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Jan. 13, 2011.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Seiji Maehara at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Jan. 13, 2011.

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