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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre (left) confers with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Alexander (Sandy) Vershbow before the start of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council meeting at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 18, 1998. Hamre replaced Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the December NATO Defense Ministerial. Cohen elected to remain in Washington to oversee the U.S.--British bombing campaign against Iraq, which began on Dec. 16, 1998.

Deputy Secretary Hamre confers with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Alexander (Sandy) Vershbow.

Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre (left) confers with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Alexander (Sandy) Vershbow before the start of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council meeting at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 18, 1998. Hamre replaced Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the December NATO Defense Ministerial. Cohen elected to remain in Washington to oversee the U.S.--British bombing campaign against Iraq, which began on Dec. 16, 1998.

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