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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Colombian Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria (right) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) before their meeting in the Pentagon on Sept. 30, 2004. Echavarria and Rumsfeld will meet to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

Colombian Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria shakes hands with Secretary Rumsfeld.

Colombian Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria (right) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) before their meeting in the Pentagon on Sept. 30, 2004. Echavarria and Rumsfeld will meet to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

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