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GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY

Iraqi government and security forces brief U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Camp Victory, Iraq, Sept. 15, 2008.

The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security.

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