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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon on June 24, 2008. The leaders discussed a range of regional security issues of mutual interest to both nations.

VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon on June 24, 2008. The leaders discussed a range of regional security issues of mutual interest to both nations.

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