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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, walks with U.S. Army Gen. David Rodriguez, deputy commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, NATO Training Mission commander, right, while on Camp Eggers in Kabul, Dec. 8, 2009.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, walks with U.S. Army Gen. David Rodriguez, deputy commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, NATO Training Mission commander, right, while on Camp Eggers in Kabul, Dec. 8, 2009.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, walks with U.S. Army Gen. David Rodriguez, deputy commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, NATO Training Mission commander, right, while on Camp Eggers in Kabul, Dec. 8, 2009.

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