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Kurdistan Regional Government President Masud Barzani, center, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, to discuss a range of security issues at the Pentagon, Jan. 27, 2010. Barzani's Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein, left, and External Affairs Minister Falah Bakir, right, also participate in the meeting.

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Kurdistan Regional Government President Masud Barzani, center, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, to discuss a range of security issues at the Pentagon, Jan. 27, 2010. Barzani's Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein, left, and External Affairs Minister Falah Bakir, right, also participate in the meeting.

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