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Defense Secretary Robert Gates talks with General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, deputy commander-in-chief and minister of defense, Bahrain Defense Force, and U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain William T. Monroe upon his arrival in Bahrain, Jan. 17, 2007.

GATES IN BAHRAIN

Defense Secretary Robert Gates talks with General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, deputy commander-in-chief and minister of defense, Bahrain Defense Force, and U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain William T. Monroe upon his arrival in Bahrain, Jan. 17, 2007.

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