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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarek Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (2nd from left), Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage applaud during a ceremony honoring the State of Kuwait as a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States in the Pentagon on April 1, 2004.

Secretary Rumsfeld and Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah applaud during a ceremony.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarek Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (2nd from left), Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage applaud during a ceremony honoring the State of Kuwait as a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States in the Pentagon on April 1, 2004.

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