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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie (left) is escorted through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on March 9, 2005. Alliot-Marie and Rumsfeld will meet to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie is escorted into the Pentagon by Secretary Rumsfeld.

French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie (left) is escorted through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on March 9, 2005. Alliot-Marie and Rumsfeld will meet to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

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