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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss foreign relations with Russian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Serdyukov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Oct. 12, 2007.

GATES, RICE IN MOSCOW

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss foreign relations with Russian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Serdyukov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Oct. 12, 2007.

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