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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from left, hosts a meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, right foreground, at the Pentagon, May 26, 2011. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy; Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Robert Scher, deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia; and U.S. Army Col. Russell Bailey, defense attache, joined Gates.

PENTAGON MEETING

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from left, hosts a meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, right foreground, at the Pentagon, May 26, 2011. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy; Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Robert Scher, deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia; and U.S. Army Col. Russell Bailey, defense attache, joined Gates.

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