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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff Ashfaq Kayani before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speak during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Plenary Session at the State Department in Washington, D.C, Oct. 22, 2010.

INFORMAL DIALOGUE

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff Ashfaq Kayani before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speak during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Plenary Session at the State Department in Washington, D.C, Oct. 22, 2010.

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