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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld addresses the audience during a town hall meeting in the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 8,2006. Rumsfeld, who will relinquish his post to Robert Gates next week, took questions from Pentagon employees and looked back on the last six years of his second term as defense secretary.

Secretary Rumsfeld addresses the audience during a town hall meeting.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld addresses the audience during a town hall meeting in the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 8,2006. Rumsfeld, who will relinquish his post to Robert Gates next week, took questions from Pentagon employees and looked back on the last six years of his second term as defense secretary.

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