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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (left), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young pose before their meeting in the Central Government Complex of South Korea in Seoul on July 21, 2010.

Secretary Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young pose before their meeting.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (left), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young pose before their meeting in the Central Government Complex of South Korea in Seoul on July 21, 2010.

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