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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, with his arm in a sling due to a fall during recent icy conditions, leads defense ministers from the three Adriatic Charter nations to a conference room in the Pentagon, Feb. 19, 2008, for a meeting on regional security. Left to right: Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu, Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic, Gates, and Macedonian Defense Minister Lazar Elunovski.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, with his arm in a sling due to a fall during recent icy conditions, leads defense ministers from the three Adriatic Charter nations to a conference room in the Pentagon, Feb. 19, 2008, for a meeting on regional security. Left to right: Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu, Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic, Gates, and Macedonian Defense Minister Lazar Elunovski.

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