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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers the keynote address at the Pentagon's annual observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 17, 2010. Gates said the nation will be unflagging in its efforts to find and bring home every missing servicemember.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers the keynote address at the Pentagon's annual observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 17, 2010. Gates said the nation will be unflagging in its efforts to find and bring home every missing servicemember.

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