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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with reporters after touring the World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands, where 8,301 Americans are buried and the names of another 1,722 Americans appear on the Tablets of the Missing, June 10, 2009.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with reporters after touring the World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands, where 8,301 Americans are buried and the names of another 1,722 Americans appear on the Tablets of the Missing, June 10, 2009.

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