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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A formation of U.S. Marines listens to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he 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.

A formation of U.S. Marines listens to Secretary Rumsfeld as he talks to sailors and Marines of the USS Essex.

A formation of U.S. Marines listens to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he 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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