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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Vietnamese Minister of Defense Gen. Phung Quang Thanh hold a joint press conference in the Vietnamese Military headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 11, 2010.

Secretary Gates and Vietnamese Minister of Defense Gen. Phung Quang Thanh hold a joint press conference.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Vietnamese Minister of Defense Gen. Phung Quang Thanh hold a joint press conference in the Vietnamese Military headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 11, 2010.

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