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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, and his wife, Becky, left foreground, thank their tour guide, center, by giving her a coin at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 21, 2011.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, and his wife, Becky, left foreground, thank their tour guide, center, by giving her a coin at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 21, 2011.

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