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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (center, right) hosts a Pentagon luncheon meeting with Australian Minister for Defense Brendan Nelson (left) on Aug 31, 2007. Clockwise around the table from Gates: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Australian Secretary of Defence Nicholas Warner, Australian Ambassador to the United States Dennis Richardson, Nelson, Australian Chief of Defense Force Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston, Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps.

Secretary Gates hosts a Pentagon luncheon meeting with Australian Minister for Defense Brendan Nelson.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (center, right) hosts a Pentagon luncheon meeting with Australian Minister for Defense Brendan Nelson (left) on Aug 31, 2007. Clockwise around the table from Gates: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Australian Secretary of Defence Nicholas Warner, Australian Ambassador to the United States Dennis Richardson, Nelson, Australian Chief of Defense Force Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston, Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps.

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