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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meet with Australian Minister of Defense Stephen Smith, opposite left, and Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd for Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations at the Presidio in San Francisco, Sept. 15, 2011. The delegation is meeting to discuss areas of mutual interests and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty, signed in 1951 by Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

DEFENSE CONVERSATION

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meet with Australian Minister of Defense Stephen Smith, opposite left, and Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd for Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations at the Presidio in San Francisco, Sept. 15, 2011. The delegation is meeting to discuss areas of mutual interests and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty, signed in 1951 by Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

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