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Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz's leap from the position of military chief of staff to his present portfolio was a stroke of luck. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's original plan was to appoint Ehud Barak defense minister; but political developments sabotaged that plan.

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