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Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England shakes hands with Air Force Col. Kurt Schake, dean of Academic Affairs at the Air War College after speaking to the students at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Nov. 1, 2007.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England shakes hands with Air Force Col. Kurt Schake, dean of Academic Affairs at the Air War College after speaking to the students at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Nov. 1, 2007.

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