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Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre, left, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon, Sept. 8, 2009. They met to discuss a broad range of hemispheric and global security issues.

PENTAGON MEETING

Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre, left, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon, Sept. 8, 2009. They met to discuss a broad range of hemispheric and global security issues.

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