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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Ministers of the three Adriatic Charter Nations arrive at the Pentagon for security discussions with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates on Feb. 19, 2008. Left to right: Minister of Defense of Croatia Branko Vukelic, Albanian Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu, Gates, and Macedonian Minister of Defense Lazar Elenovski.

Defense Ministers of the three Adriatic Charter Nations arrive at the Pentagon for security discussions.

Defense Ministers of the three Adriatic Charter Nations arrive at the Pentagon for security discussions with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates on Feb. 19, 2008. Left to right: Minister of Defense of Croatia Branko Vukelic, Albanian Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu, Gates, and Macedonian Minister of Defense Lazar Elenovski.

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