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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Reporters surround Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he answers a question during an informal press conference in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2003. Rumsfeld is in Afghanistan to meet with President Hamid Karzai and U.S troops deployed there.

Reporters surround Secretary Rumsfeld as he answers a question during an informal press conference in Mazar-e-Sharif.

Reporters surround Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he answers a question during an informal press conference in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2003. Rumsfeld is in Afghanistan to meet with President Hamid Karzai and U.S troops deployed there.

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