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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) shares a laugh with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (right), of the Netherlands, before sitting down to a working lunch in the Pentagon on June 1, 2005. Rumsfeld and Scheffer will meet to discuss a broad range of international security issues relating to the Alliance.

Secretary Rumsfeld shares a laugh with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) shares a laugh with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (right), of the Netherlands, before sitting down to a working lunch in the Pentagon on June 1, 2005. Rumsfeld and Scheffer will meet to discuss a broad range of international security issues relating to the Alliance.

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