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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stands as part of the ceremony to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, March 22, 2011.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stands as part of the ceremony to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, March 22, 2011.

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