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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) welcomes Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, as part of a NATO Defense Ministerial on June 9, 2010.

Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomes Secretary Gates.

Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) welcomes Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, as part of a NATO Defense Ministerial on June 9, 2010.

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