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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an aerial tour of the Kunar province and provincial reconstruction teams in a U.S. Army UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter over Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008.

AERIAL TOUR

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an aerial tour of the Kunar province and provincial reconstruction teams in a U.S. Army UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter over Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008.

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