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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, U.S. Navy, answer questions during a Pentagon press briefing in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 1, 2006. Rumsfeld and Giambastiani talked to reporters about the pending Quadrennial Defense Review and the continued Global War on Terrorism.

Secretary Rumsfeld and Adm. Edmund Giambastiani answer questions during a Pentagon press briefing.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, U.S. Navy, answer questions during a Pentagon press briefing in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 1, 2006. Rumsfeld and Giambastiani talked to reporters about the pending Quadrennial Defense Review and the continued Global War on Terrorism.

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