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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, (middle) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (left) and Hungarian Minister of Defense Dr. Imre Szekeres open the Strategic Airlift Consortium Ceremony during the Budapest NATO Conference, Oct. 9, 2008, in Budapest, Hungary.

NATO CEREMONY

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, (middle) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (left) and Hungarian Minister of Defense Dr. Imre Szekeres open the Strategic Airlift Consortium Ceremony during the Budapest NATO Conference, Oct. 9, 2008, in Budapest, Hungary.

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