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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) escorts Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Mian Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (right) through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on Jan. 27, 2003. The two men will hold talks on a range of bilateral security issues.

Secretary Rumsfeld escorts Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Mian Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri into the Pentagon.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) escorts Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Mian Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (right) through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on Jan. 27, 2003. The two men will hold talks on a range of bilateral security issues.

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