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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) and Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarek Al-Hamad Al-Sabah applaud for Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage as he makes his remarks 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 Defense Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarek Al-Hamad Al-Sabah applaud during a ceremony.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) and Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarek Al-Hamad Al-Sabah applaud for Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage as he makes his remarks 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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