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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (2nd from right) answers a reporter's question during a joint press briefing with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Nobutaka Machimura (left), Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (2nd from left) and Minister of State for Defense of Japan Kiyoko Ono (right) in the Pentagon on Oct. 29, 2005. The U.S. and Japanese diplomats met earlier to discuss U.S.-Japan Alliance Transformation and Realignment.

Secretary Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question during a joint press briefing.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (2nd from right) answers a reporter's question during a joint press briefing with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Nobutaka Machimura (left), Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (2nd from left) and Minister of State for Defense of Japan Kiyoko Ono (right) in the Pentagon on Oct. 29, 2005. The U.S. and Japanese diplomats met earlier to discuss U.S.-Japan Alliance Transformation and Realignment.

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