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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates looks out over the Iraqi countryside while flying in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter en route to Forward Operating Base Falcon for an operational update in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 11, 2008.

Secretary Gates looks out over the Iraqi countryside.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates looks out over the Iraqi countryside while flying in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter en route to Forward Operating Base Falcon for an operational update in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 11, 2008.

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