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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Left to right: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith at the U.S. State Department during the Australian Ministerial, April 9, 2009.

MINISTERIAL LEADERS

Left to right: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith at the U.S. State Department during the Australian Ministerial, April 9, 2009.

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