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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is on hand to welcome Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Rasa Jukneviciene as she steps from her limousine at the Pentagon River Entrance on April 30, 2010. The two defense leaders were slated to hold security talks on a variety of issues of mutual interest to both nations.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is on hand to welcome Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Rasa Jukneviciene as she steps from her limousine at the Pentagon River Entrance on April 30, 2010. The two defense leaders were slated to hold security talks on a variety of issues of mutual interest to both nations.

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