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Wed 04 Apr 2007InShortMore news in briefThe Government decided at yesterday's Cabinet meeting to extend Mr Dermot Gallagher's term of office as the secretary general of the Department of Foreign Affairs by two years. Mr Gallagher took up the post in 2001, moving from his position as secretary general at the Department of the Taoiseach. A native of Co Leitrim, he has served as ambassador to the US and head of the Department's Anglo-Irish Division during the Northern Ireland peace process.