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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the USS Missouri Memorial on Ford Island, Hawaii, May 31, 2011. Gates visited the memorial while en route to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which begins later this week.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the USS Missouri Memorial on Ford Island, Hawaii, May 31, 2011. Gates visited the memorial while en route to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which begins later this week.

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