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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (center) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center, foreground) during a working luncheon in the Pentagon on June 1, 2005. Joining de Hoop Scheffer are Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General Ed Kronenburg (left), and NATO spokesperson Jamaes Appathurai (right). On the U.S. side of the table are Acting U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO John Koenig (left foreground), and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Mira Ricardel (left).

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer meets with Secretary Rumsfeld.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (center) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center, foreground) during a working luncheon in the Pentagon on June 1, 2005. Joining de Hoop Scheffer are Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General Ed Kronenburg (left), and NATO spokesperson Jamaes Appathurai (right). On the U.S. side of the table are Acting U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO John Koenig (left foreground), and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Mira Ricardel (left).

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