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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, middle, talks with Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis and his wife Laura before the change of command ceremony at Southern Command Headquarters in Miami, Fla., June 25, 2009. Stavridis, who relinquished command to Air Force Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, will head to Stuttgart, Germany, to take over European Command and become the supreme allied commander of Europe.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, middle, talks with Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis and his wife Laura before the change of command ceremony at Southern Command Headquarters in Miami, Fla., June 25, 2009. Stavridis, who relinquished command to Air Force Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, will head to Stuttgart, Germany, to take over European Command and become the supreme allied commander of Europe.

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