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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov speak prior to the start of the NATO-Russia Council as part of the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.

GATES AT NATO

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov speak prior to the start of the NATO-Russia Council as part of the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.

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