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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Iraqi Deputy President Adil Abd Al-Mahdi (left) and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) pose for photographers at the Pentagon before sitting down to a luncheon meeting on Aug. 25, 2006.

Iraqi Deputy President Adil Abd Al-Mahdi and Secretary Rumsfeld pose for photographers.

Iraqi Deputy President Adil Abd Al-Mahdi (left) and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) pose for photographers at the Pentagon before sitting down to a luncheon meeting on Aug. 25, 2006.

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