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Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell talks to members of the press at the Pentagon, Jan. 26, 2011, discussing in part Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' travel to Ottawa, Canada, to meet with Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay.

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Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell talks to members of the press at the Pentagon, Jan. 26, 2011, discussing in part Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' travel to Ottawa, Canada, to meet with Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay.

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