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U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, left, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, right, show Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates some of the local architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 22, 2007.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, left, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, right, show Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates some of the local architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 22, 2007.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, left, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, right, show Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates some of the local architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 22, 2007.

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