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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen shakes hands with Abdul Rahim Wardak, right, Afghanistan's defense minister, while U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, center, commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, left, commander of European Command and NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe, look on at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 11, 2011.

HEADQUARTERS HANDSHAKE

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen shakes hands with Abdul Rahim Wardak, right, Afghanistan's defense minister, while U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, center, commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, left, commander of European Command and NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe, look on at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 11, 2011.

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