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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld listens as Kazakhstan's Minister of Defense General-Colonel Mukhtar Alytnbaev responds to a reporter's question during a joint press briefing in the Pentagon on Nov. 14, 2002. The two leaders met earlier to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

Secretary Rumsfeld listens as Minister of Defense Alytnbaev responds to a reporter's question.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld listens as Kazakhstan's Minister of Defense General-Colonel Mukhtar Alytnbaev responds to a reporter's question during a joint press briefing in the Pentagon on Nov. 14, 2002. The two leaders met earlier to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

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