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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld talks to sailors and Marines of the USS Essex (LHD 2) while in port at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, on June 4, 2004. Rumsfeld is in Singapore to attend the International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference.

Secretary Rumsfeld talks to sailors and Marines of the USS Essex (LHD 2).

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld talks to sailors and Marines of the USS Essex (LHD 2) while in port at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, on June 4, 2004. Rumsfeld is in Singapore to attend the International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference.

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