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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and Defense Minister Alain Juppe, left foreground, hold bilateral security discussions at the Pentagon, Feb. 8, 2011. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and James J. Townsend Jr., deputy assistant defense secretary for European and NATO policy, left, joined Gates at the table.

SECURITY DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and Defense Minister Alain Juppe, left foreground, hold bilateral security discussions at the Pentagon, Feb. 8, 2011. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and James J. Townsend Jr., deputy assistant defense secretary for European and NATO policy, left, joined Gates at the table.

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