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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Air Force Academy cadets while teaching a national security class as part of the Capstone Seminar at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., March 4, 2011. Later, Gates addressed all the cadets in a speech that marked his last visit to the academy.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Air Force Academy cadets while teaching a national security class as part of the Capstone Seminar at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., March 4, 2011. Later, Gates addressed all the cadets in a speech that marked his last visit to the academy.

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