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Shaikh Salman bin Hamid Al-Khalifa, left, the crown prince of Bahrain, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, at the Pentagon, May 20, 2010. Accompanying Shaikh Salman are Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa, center, and Shaikh Khalifa bin Daij Al-Khalifa, president of the court of the Crown Prince , right.

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Shaikh Salman bin Hamid Al-Khalifa, left, the crown prince of Bahrain, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, at the Pentagon, May 20, 2010. Accompanying Shaikh Salman are Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa, center, and Shaikh Khalifa bin Daij Al-Khalifa, president of the court of the Crown Prince , right.

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