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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gate, center front, speaks with members of the press en route to Tampa, Fla., to preside over the U.S. Central Command assumption of command ceremony on MacDill Air Force Base, Aug. 11, 2010.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gate, center front, speaks with members of the press en route to Tampa, Fla., to preside over the U.S. Central Command assumption of command ceremony on MacDill Air Force Base, Aug. 11, 2010.

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