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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalizad (left) and Commanding General, Multi-National Force Iraq Gen. George Casey Jr. (right), flank Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he speaks to the press and troops at the Al-Faw palace in Baghdad on Dec. 22, 2005. Rumsfeld is in Iraq to visit and thank the troops for their service and to meet with the senior leadership.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalizad and Gen. George Casey Jr. flank Secretary Rumsfeld.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalizad (left) and Commanding General, Multi-National Force Iraq Gen. George Casey Jr. (right), flank Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he speaks to the press and troops at the Al-Faw palace in Baghdad on Dec. 22, 2005. Rumsfeld is in Iraq to visit and thank the troops for their service and to meet with the senior leadership.

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