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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Uruguayan Minister of Defense Jose Aruro Bayardi (right) meets with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) in the Pentagon to discuss a variety of hemispheric security issues on July 23, 2008. Among those accompanying Bayardi is the Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States Carlos Gianelli Derois (center).

Uruguayan Minister of Defense Jose Aruro Bayardi meets with Secretary Gates.

Uruguayan Minister of Defense Jose Aruro Bayardi (right) meets with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) in the Pentagon to discuss a variety of hemispheric security issues on July 23, 2008. Among those accompanying Bayardi is the Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States Carlos Gianelli Derois (center).

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