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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2nd from right) hosts a Pentagon breakfast meeting with Colombian Minister of National Defense Juan Manuel Santos (left foreground) on Feb. 1, 2007. Also participating are (left to right): Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Policy Stephen Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Peter Verga and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs Joseph Benkert. Among those accompanying Santos are Chief of the Colombian Defense Staff Gen. Freddy Padilla (center foreground) and Vice Minister of Defense for Budget and Planning Juan Carlos Pinzon. Under discussion are a variety of bilateral security issues of mutual interest.

Secretary Gates hosts a breakfast meeting with Colombian Minister of National Defense Juan Manuel Santos.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2nd from right) hosts a Pentagon breakfast meeting with Colombian Minister of National Defense Juan Manuel Santos (left foreground) on Feb. 1, 2007. Also participating are (left to right): Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Policy Stephen Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Peter Verga and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs Joseph Benkert. Among those accompanying Santos are Chief of the Colombian Defense Staff Gen. Freddy Padilla (center foreground) and Vice Minister of Defense for Budget and Planning Juan Carlos Pinzon. Under discussion are a variety of bilateral security issues of mutual interest.

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