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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) escorts Moldovan Minister of Defense Valeriu Plesca (left) into the Pentagon on August 2, 2005. England and Plesca will meet to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England escorts Moldovan Minister of Defense Valeriu Plesca into the Pentagon.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) escorts Moldovan Minister of Defense Valeriu Plesca (left) into the Pentagon on August 2, 2005. England and Plesca will meet to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

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