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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hosts a meeting of the Council of Governors at the Pentagon, March 1, 2011. Gates is joined at the head of the table by Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Jane Holl Lute to his right. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also attended the meeting. They discussed a broad range of issues, including homeland security.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hosts a meeting of the Council of Governors at the Pentagon, March 1, 2011. Gates is joined at the head of the table by Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Jane Holl Lute to his right. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also attended the meeting. They discussed a broad range of issues, including homeland security.

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