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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates tours The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial where 8,301 of our military dead rest and along the sides of the court are Tablets of the Missing on which are recorded 1,722 names in Margraten, Netherlands, on June 10, 2009.

Secretary Gates tours The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates tours The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial where 8,301 of our military dead rest and along the sides of the court are Tablets of the Missing on which are recorded 1,722 names in Margraten, Netherlands, on June 10, 2009.

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