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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Air Force Gen. Lance L. Smith, NATO’s supreme allied commander for transformation, attend the North Atlantic Council conference during the informal NATO defense ministerial conference in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Air Force Gen. Lance L. Smith, NATO’s supreme allied commander for transformation, attend the North Atlantic Council conference during the informal NATO defense ministerial conference in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.

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