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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates greets European Union High Representative and Secretary General Javier Solana in the Pentagon on March 20, 2007. Solana will meet with Gates and other high-level Department of Defense officials to discuss a number of global security issues of particular interest to the European Union.

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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates greets European Union High Representative and Secretary General Javier Solana in the Pentagon on March 20, 2007. Solana will meet with Gates and other high-level Department of Defense officials to discuss a number of global security issues of particular interest to the European Union.

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