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Defense Secretary Robert Gates conducts a press conference after attending numerous bilateral meetings with foreign defense ministers during the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates conducts a press conference after attending numerous bilateral meetings with foreign defense ministers during the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.

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