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Two Boy Scouts thank Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates for speaking at the Victory in Europe 65th Anniversary Program at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kan., May 8, 2010.

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Two Boy Scouts thank Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates for speaking at the Victory in Europe 65th Anniversary Program at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kan., May 8, 2010.

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