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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) talks with NATO Secretary General Lord George Robertson (left) while waiting for the other NATO defense ministers to assemble for a group photo at the annual informal meeting of NATO Defense Ministers, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sept. 24, 2002. Each Autumn the defense ministers gather at a select location within the borders of one of the member-nations, instead of their usual venue at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for the informal non-binding meetings. This year Poland became the first nation of NATO's former adversary--the Warsaw Pact--to host such an event.

Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld talks with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) talks with NATO Secretary General Lord George Robertson (left) while waiting for the other NATO defense ministers to assemble for a group photo at the annual informal meeting of NATO Defense Ministers, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sept. 24, 2002. Each Autumn the defense ministers gather at a select location within the borders of one of the member-nations, instead of their usual venue at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for the informal non-binding meetings. This year Poland became the first nation of NATO's former adversary--the Warsaw Pact--to host such an event.

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