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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, shakes hands with Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the the Pakistani army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi prior to laying a wreath at the Army's Martyr's Monument that honors the sacrifices of security forces and citizens in their fight against extremists in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Jan. 21, 2010.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, shakes hands with Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the the Pakistani army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi prior to laying a wreath at the Army's Martyr's Monument that honors the sacrifices of security forces and citizens in their fight against extremists in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Jan. 21, 2010.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, shakes hands with Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the the Pakistani army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi prior to laying a wreath at the Army's Martyr's Monument that honors the sacrifices of security forces and citizens in their fight against extremists in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Jan. 21, 2010.

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