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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufriji, in Baghdad, April 20, 2007. Gates told reporters that he met with Iraqi officials to urge them to speed up national reconciliation among the country’s various factions in order to progress toward justice and reconciliation in Iraq.

GATES, PACE IN IRAQ

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufriji, in Baghdad, April 20, 2007. Gates told reporters that he met with Iraqi officials to urge them to speed up national reconciliation among the country’s various factions in order to progress toward justice and reconciliation in Iraq.

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