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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, prepare for the beginning of the national security briefing in the Pentagon on Aug. 14, 2006. Vice President Dick Cheney and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England joined Bush, Rumsfeld and Pace to discuss the way ahead in Iraq and the war on terror.

President Bush, Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace prepare for the beginning of the national security briefing.

President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, prepare for the beginning of the national security briefing in the Pentagon on Aug. 14, 2006. Vice President Dick Cheney and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England joined Bush, Rumsfeld and Pace to discuss the way ahead in Iraq and the war on terror.

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