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Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, left, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, in the Pentagon, May 20, 2010. Joining the president is Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, center.

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Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, left, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, in the Pentagon, May 20, 2010. Joining the president is Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, center.

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