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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates talks with Commander of International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army, during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense Ministerial at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 9, 2010.

Secretary Gates talks with Commander of International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates talks with Commander of International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army, during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense Ministerial at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 9, 2010.

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