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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attends a meet and greet and signs books at the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador for associate members of Texas A & M University during a recent trip to Latin America, Oct. 2, 2007.

MEET AND GREET

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attends a meet and greet and signs books at the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador for associate members of Texas A & M University during a recent trip to Latin America, Oct. 2, 2007.

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