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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands and helps up an 82nd Airborne paratrooper after taking a photo with him on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands and helps up an 82nd Airborne paratrooper after taking a photo with him on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008.

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