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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Attendees of the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy listen as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech on security threats posed by terrorists to European nations in Munich, Germany, Feb. 10, 2008.

Attendees of the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy listen as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech on security threats posed by terrorists to European nations in Munich, Germany, Feb. 10, 2008.

Attendees of the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy listen as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech on security threats posed by terrorists to European nations in Munich, Germany, Feb. 10, 2008.

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