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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, talks with Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Weston, left, commanding officer of the USS Russell, and Adm. Robert Willard, right, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, aboard the ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, talks with Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Weston, left, commanding officer of the USS Russell, and Adm. Robert Willard, right, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, aboard the ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.

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