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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, left, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young during a reception in conjunction with an annual security meeting between the two countries in Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2010.

INFORMAL CHAT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, left, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young during a reception in conjunction with an annual security meeting between the two countries in Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2010.

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