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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) and Kyrgyzstan President-elect Kurmanbek Bakijev talk informally as they move to meeting to discuss bilateral security issues at Government House in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on July 26, 2005. Rumsfeld is in Kyrgyzstan to meet with Bakijev and other senior leaders of the central Asian country.

Secretary Rumsfeld and Kyrgyzstan President-elect Kurmanbek Bakijev talk informally.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) and Kyrgyzstan President-elect Kurmanbek Bakijev talk informally as they move to meeting to discuss bilateral security issues at Government House in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on July 26, 2005. Rumsfeld is in Kyrgyzstan to meet with Bakijev and other senior leaders of the central Asian country.

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