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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right foreground) meets with President Nursultan Nazarbayev (left), of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and his Minister of Defense, Col.-Gen. Muhktar Altnybayev (right), at the Pentagon on Nov. 17, 1997.

Secretary Cohen meets with President Nazarbayev in the Pentagon.

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right foreground) meets with President Nursultan Nazarbayev (left), of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and his Minister of Defense, Col.-Gen. Muhktar Altnybayev (right), at the Pentagon on Nov. 17, 1997.

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