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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) shakes hands with Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Eduardovich Serdyukov before the start of the NATO-Russia Council conference in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2007. The Council conference is part of the two-day formal NATO Defense Ministerial meetings in Brussels.

Secretary Gates shakes hands with Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Eduardovich Serdyukov.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) shakes hands with Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Eduardovich Serdyukov before the start of the NATO-Russia Council conference in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2007. The Council conference is part of the two-day formal NATO Defense Ministerial meetings in Brussels.

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