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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, chats with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith during the first “plus” defense ministers meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 12, 2010.

HANOI CHAT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, chats with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith during the first “plus” defense ministers meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 12, 2010.

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