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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to sailors and gives them his thanks at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, May 22, 2009. The secretary visited with about 120 sailors who will soon deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of operations and Djibouti.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to sailors and gives them his thanks at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, May 22, 2009. The secretary visited with about 120 sailors who will soon deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of operations and Djibouti.

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