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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Left to right: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen; U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan; and U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis, commander, U.S. European Command and supreme allied commander, Europe, speak before the NATO and non-NATO International Security Assistance Force contributing nations meeting in Brussels, June 9, 2011.

NATO LEADERS

Left to right: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen; U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan; and U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis, commander, U.S. European Command and supreme allied commander, Europe, speak before the NATO and non-NATO International Security Assistance Force contributing nations meeting in Brussels, June 9, 2011.

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