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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, receives a tour of the World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands, where 8,301 Americans rest and 1,722 Americans are listed on the Tablets of the Missing, June 10, 2009.

CEMETERY CHAT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, receives a tour of the World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands, where 8,301 Americans rest and 1,722 Americans are listed on the Tablets of the Missing, June 10, 2009.

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