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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) escorts Mexican Minister of Defense Gen. Gerardo Ricardo Vega (center) through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on May 12, 2006. Rumsfeld and Vega will meet to discuss a broad range of security issues of mutual interest to the two nations.

Secretary Rumsfeld escorts Mexican Minister of Defense Gen. Gerardo Ricardo Vega into the Pentagon.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) escorts Mexican Minister of Defense Gen. Gerardo Ricardo Vega (center) through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on May 12, 2006. Rumsfeld and Vega will meet to discuss a broad range of security issues of mutual interest to the two nations.

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