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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Support Peter F. Verga briefs reporters about the effects of the Y2K rollover in the Defense Department at a noon Pentagon press conference on Jan. 1, 2000. Verga reported on the cooperative program at the Strategic Early Warning Center at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colo., where senior Russian officers worked side-by-side with their U.S. military counterpart to monitor missile launches around the world.

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Support Peter F. Verga briefs reporters about the effects of the Y2K rollover.

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Support Peter F. Verga briefs reporters about the effects of the Y2K rollover in the Defense Department at a noon Pentagon press conference on Jan. 1, 2000. Verga reported on the cooperative program at the Strategic Early Warning Center at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colo., where senior Russian officers worked side-by-side with their U.S. military counterpart to monitor missile launches around the world.

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