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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, conduct a joint press conference in the Pentagon on July 29, 2010. The leak of many thousands of classified documents on the WikiLeaks website was the chief topic under discussion.

Secretary Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen conduct a joint press conference.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, conduct a joint press conference in the Pentagon on July 29, 2010. The leak of many thousands of classified documents on the WikiLeaks website was the chief topic under discussion.

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