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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to nearly 2,400 adjutants general and assistant adjutants general for ground and air; division and brigade commanders; wing commanders; and senior enlisted advisors during the annual National Guard Joint Senior Leadership Conference in National Harbor, Md., Nov. 19, 2009.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to nearly 2,400 adjutants general and assistant adjutants general for ground and air; division and brigade commanders; wing commanders; and senior enlisted advisors during the annual National Guard Joint Senior Leadership Conference in National Harbor, Md., Nov. 19, 2009.

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