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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, hosts a meeting with visiting Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani, right foreground, in the Pentagon, Jan. 5, 2010. Joining Gates are Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, center, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mike Holmes, right, principal director for the Middle East, office of the under secretary of defense for policy.

QATAR TALKS

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, hosts a meeting with visiting Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani, right foreground, in the Pentagon, Jan. 5, 2010. Joining Gates are Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, center, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mike Holmes, right, principal director for the Middle East, office of the under secretary of defense for policy.

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