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Secretary Gates listens to Lt. Col. Lena Gaudreau.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates listens to U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lena Gaudreau while on a tour of Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., on July 7, 2008. Gates is visiting McChord Air Force Base and Fort Lewis while in Washington State.

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