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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Defense Minister of Suriname Ivan Fernald, U.S. Ambassador to Suriname Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes, and Surinamese and U.S. officials arrive aboard the USNS Comfort, Oct. 6, 2007.

HELICOPTER ARRIVAL

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Defense Minister of Suriname Ivan Fernald, U.S. Ambassador to Suriname Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes, and Surinamese and U.S. officials arrive aboard the USNS Comfort, Oct. 6, 2007.

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