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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pays his respects at the India Gate Memorial in New Delhi, India, Feb. 27, 2008. The memorial commemorates the Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars.

PAYING RESPECT

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pays his respects at the India Gate Memorial in New Delhi, India, Feb. 27, 2008. The memorial commemorates the Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars.

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