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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates eats lunch with the company grade officers of Task Force Currahee at a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan on June 6, 2011.

Secretary Gates eats lunch with the company grade officers of Task Force Currahee.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates eats lunch with the company grade officers of Task Force Currahee at a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan on June 6, 2011.

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