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Chilean Minister of Defense Jaime Ravinet meets with Secretary Rumsfeld in the Pentagon.

Chilean Minister of Defense Jaime Ravinet meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the Pentagon on June 30, 2005.

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