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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates welcomes Prince Khalid bin Sultan, the Saudi Arabian assistant minister of defense and aviation, for talks on the current conflict in Yemen at the Pentagon, Nov. 17, 2009.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates welcomes Prince Khalid bin Sultan, the Saudi Arabian assistant minister of defense and aviation, for talks on the current conflict in Yemen at the Pentagon, Nov. 17, 2009.

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