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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gives opening remarks at the Pentagon, May 2, 2007, before introducing former Secretary of the Army Togo West, a member of the Independent Review Group which was formed to look into conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center.

INDEPENDENT REVIEW GROUP

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gives opening remarks at the Pentagon, May 2, 2007, before introducing former Secretary of the Army Togo West, a member of the Independent Review Group which was formed to look into conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center.

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