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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with trainees who are preparing to deploy during a tour of the transition team training facility at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan., Aug. 9, 2007.

GATES AT FORT RILEY

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with trainees who are preparing to deploy during a tour of the transition team training facility at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan., Aug. 9, 2007.

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