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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an award of appreciation from J. Robinson West, right, chairman of PFC Energy, and Richard Solomon, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, during the inaugural Dean Acheson Lecture in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2008.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an award of appreciation from J. Robinson West, right, chairman of PFC Energy, and Richard Solomon, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, during the inaugural Dean Acheson Lecture in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2008.

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