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Foreign Minister van Aartsen of the Netherlands meets with Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz.

Foreign Minister Jozias van Aartsen of the Netherlands meets with Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz in the Pentagon May 18, 2001.

The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security.

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