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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets British Maj. Gen. JM Shaw, commander of Multinational Division-South East, as U.S. Army Gen. George Casey, commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq, looks on in Basra, Iraq, Jan. 19, 2007.

GATES IN IRAQ

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets British Maj. Gen. JM Shaw, commander of Multinational Division-South East, as U.S. Army Gen. George Casey, commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq, looks on in Basra, Iraq, Jan. 19, 2007.

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