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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience at the Nixon Center Distinguished Service Award dinner in Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2010. The secretary said the United States should devote more energy and overseas aid dollars towards developing the local security forces of other countries,

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience at the Nixon Center Distinguished Service Award dinner in Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2010. The secretary said the United States should devote more energy and overseas aid dollars towards developing the local security forces of other countries,

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