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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates escorts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (left) through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on June 24, 2008. Gates and Dung will meet to discuss a range of regional security issues of mutual interest to both nations.

Secretary Gates escorts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung into the Pentagon.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates escorts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (left) through an honor cordon and into the Pentagon on June 24, 2008. Gates and Dung will meet to discuss a range of regional security issues of mutual interest to both nations.

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