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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) escorts President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Kessai Note through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2003. England and Note will meet to discuss a broad range of regional issues.

Acting Deputy Secretary England escorts President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Kessai Note into the Pentagon.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) escorts President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Kessai Note through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2003. England and Note will meet to discuss a broad range of regional issues.

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