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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov (left) talks with Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (right) during his visit to the Pentagon, March 16, 1997. Among the topics on the agenda for discussion were NATO enlargement and START II, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which has yet to be ratified by the Russian Duma.

Russian Foreign Minister Primakov talks with Secretary of Defense Cohen.

Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov (left) talks with Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (right) during his visit to the Pentagon, March 16, 1997. Among the topics on the agenda for discussion were NATO enlargement and START II, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which has yet to be ratified by the Russian Duma.

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