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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, commander, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan (center) and Vice President Richard B. Cheney receive a Afghanistan Military Update briefing at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Dec. 7, 2004. Rumsfeld and Cheney are in Afghanistan to attend the first Presidential Inauguration of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and to visit troops deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom.

Secretary Rumsfeld, Lt. Gen. Barno and Vice President Cheney receive a briefing.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, commander, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan (center) and Vice President Richard B. Cheney receive a Afghanistan Military Update briefing at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Dec. 7, 2004. Rumsfeld and Cheney are in Afghanistan to attend the first Presidential Inauguration of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and to visit troops deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom.

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