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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates passes the command flag to Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, signifying his assumption of command of U.S. Strategic Command during the U.S. Strategic Command change-of-command ceremony on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Jan. 28, 2011.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates passes the command flag to Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, signifying his assumption of command of U.S. Strategic Command during the U.S. Strategic Command change-of-command ceremony on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Jan. 28, 2011.

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