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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Slovakia's Minister of Defense Juraj Liska (left) is escorted through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) on March 30, 2004. Liska who was joined by the ministers of defense of Latvia and Lithuania, two other new NATO members, met with Rumsfeld to talk informally about NATO membership and the world security outlook.

Slovakia's Minister of Defense Juraj Liska is escorted into the Pentagon by Secretary Rumsfeld.

Slovakia's Minister of Defense Juraj Liska (left) is escorted through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) on March 30, 2004. Liska who was joined by the ministers of defense of Latvia and Lithuania, two other new NATO members, met with Rumsfeld to talk informally about NATO membership and the world security outlook.

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