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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Director General of the Japan Defense Agency Tsutomu Kawara (right) presents Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left), a silk banner featuring a dragon curling its body to form the number ?." in the Pentagon on Jan. 5, 2000. Kawara was the first foreign guest of the new century to visit Cohen.

Director General Kawara presents Secretary Cohen a silk banner featuring a dragon curling its body to form the number "2000."

Director General of the Japan Defense Agency Tsutomu Kawara (right) presents Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left), a silk banner featuring a dragon curling its body to form the number ?." in the Pentagon on Jan. 5, 2000. Kawara was the first foreign guest of the new century to visit Cohen.

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