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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai while touring Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 13, 2010.

CEMETERY TALK

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai while touring Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 13, 2010.

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