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ABC "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer interviews U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, opposie right, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, on Camp Eggers, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. During the interview Petraeus presented Gates with a piece of an mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle damaged by a roadside bomb as a parting gift. All four soldiers in the vehicle lived. Gates has been an advocate for the life-saving vehicles.

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ABC "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer interviews U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, opposie right, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, on Camp Eggers, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. During the interview Petraeus presented Gates with a piece of an mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle damaged by a roadside bomb as a parting gift. All four soldiers in the vehicle lived. Gates has been an advocate for the life-saving vehicles.

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