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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates poses with the members of the U.S. Army West Point Pep Band during their tour of the Pentagon, Dec. 5, 2008, in anticipation of the Dec. 6 Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia.

WEST POINT PEP

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates poses with the members of the U.S. Army West Point Pep Band during their tour of the Pentagon, Dec. 5, 2008, in anticipation of the Dec. 6 Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia.

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