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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, signs a memorandum of understanding with Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich at Poland's II Mechanized Corps Headquarters in Krakow, Poland, Feb. 19, 2009. Gates was in Poland to attend to Krakow Defense Ministry Conference.

MEMO SIGNING

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, signs a memorandum of understanding with Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich at Poland's II Mechanized Corps Headquarters in Krakow, Poland, Feb. 19, 2009. Gates was in Poland to attend to Krakow Defense Ministry Conference.

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