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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (center), U.S. Marine Corps, meet with Lt. Gen. Zhang Qinsheng, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, China, in Singapore on June 2, 2007. Gates, Pace and Qinsheng are in Singapore to attend the 6th International Institute for Strategic Studies conference, the Shangri-La dialogue.

Secretary Gates meets with Lt. Gen. Zhang Qinsheng.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (center), U.S. Marine Corps, meet with Lt. Gen. Zhang Qinsheng, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, China, in Singapore on June 2, 2007. Gates, Pace and Qinsheng are in Singapore to attend the 6th International Institute for Strategic Studies conference, the Shangri-La dialogue.

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