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Bloomberg news reporter Peter Cook interviews Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the leader's tour of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 31, 2009.

Bloomberg news reporter Peter Cook interviews Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the leader's tour of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 31, 2009.

Bloomberg news reporter Peter Cook interviews Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the leader's tour of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 31, 2009.

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