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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, joins NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in discussing issues facing the alliance during Gates’ visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 15, 2007.

NATO MEETING

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, joins NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in discussing issues facing the alliance during Gates’ visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 15, 2007.

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