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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates talks to Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Plenary Session at the State Department in Washington, D.C, on Oct. 22, 2010.

Secretary Gates talks to Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates talks to Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Plenary Session at the State Department in Washington, D.C, on Oct. 22, 2010.

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