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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates talks with U.S. airmen deployed to the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft maintenance unit at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Sept. 17, 2008. Gates is in Southwest Asia to meet with Iraqi and Afghan leaders and to preside over the change of command ceremony for Multi-National Force - Iraq.

Secretary Gates talks with U.S. airmen.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates talks with U.S. airmen deployed to the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft maintenance unit at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Sept. 17, 2008. Gates is in Southwest Asia to meet with Iraqi and Afghan leaders and to preside over the change of command ceremony for Multi-National Force - Iraq.

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