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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (left) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (2nd from right) in his Pentagon office suite on Sept. 9, 2005. Talabani, Rumsfeld and their senior advisors are meeting to discuss defense issues of mutual interest. Seated left to right: Talabani, Prime Minister Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirban Barzani, Military Aide to the President Lt. Gen. Wafiq al Samarajee, Assistant Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Meyers, U.S. Air Force, Rumsfeld, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (left) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (2nd from right) in his Pentagon office suite on Sept. 9, 2005. Talabani, Rumsfeld and their senior advisors are meeting to discuss defense issues of mutual interest. Seated left to right: Talabani, Prime Minister Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirban Barzani, Military Aide to the President Lt. Gen. Wafiq al Samarajee, Assistant Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Meyers, U.S. Air Force, Rumsfeld, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad.

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