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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President Bill Clinton (second from right) talks to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton (left), U.S. Army, about the current situation in Iraq in the Pentagon on Feb. 17, 1998. Clinton visited the Pentagon to meet with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his national security advisors for a Persian Gulf region update. Presidential Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles (right) and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (center) listen to Clinton's remarks to Shelton.

President Clinton talks to JCS chairman Gen. Shelton about the current situation in Iraq.

President Bill Clinton (second from right) talks to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton (left), U.S. Army, about the current situation in Iraq in the Pentagon on Feb. 17, 1998. Clinton visited the Pentagon to meet with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his national security advisors for a Persian Gulf region update. Presidential Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles (right) and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (center) listen to Clinton's remarks to Shelton.

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