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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Bahrain's Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamid Al-Khalifa through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon, May 20, 2010. Shaikh Salman, who is the commander-in-chief of the defense forces of Bahrain, will meet with Gates to discuss several security issues of mutual interest to both nations.

PRINCE'S ARRIVAL

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Bahrain's Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamid Al-Khalifa through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon, May 20, 2010. Shaikh Salman, who is the commander-in-chief of the defense forces of Bahrain, will meet with Gates to discuss several security issues of mutual interest to both nations.

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