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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, hosts a meeting with Chilean Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet at the Pentagon, Sept. 24, 2010. U.S. Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, center, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas' security affairs, joined Gates at the table.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, hosts a meeting with Chilean Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet at the Pentagon, Sept. 24, 2010. U.S. Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, center, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas' security affairs, joined Gates at the table.

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