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President Barack Obama meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2011.

OVAL OFFICE MEETING

President Barack Obama meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2011.

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