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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Gen. Wesley Clark, U.S. Army, supreme allied commander Europe (right) meets with Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre (left) before Hamre attends the second day of the December NATO Defense Ministerial at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 18, 1998. Hamre was a last minute replacement for Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the December NATO Defense Ministerial because of the start of a joint U.S.--British bombing campaign against Iraq. The military action was taken in response to Iraq's refusal to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Gen. Wesley Clark, supreme allied commander Europe meets with Deputy Secretary Hamre.

Gen. Wesley Clark, U.S. Army, supreme allied commander Europe (right) meets with Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre (left) before Hamre attends the second day of the December NATO Defense Ministerial at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 18, 1998. Hamre was a last minute replacement for Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the December NATO Defense Ministerial because of the start of a joint U.S.--British bombing campaign against Iraq. The military action was taken in response to Iraq's refusal to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

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