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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates shakes hands with British Maj. Gen. J.M. Shaw (right) commander of Multinational Division - South East, as he arrives in Basra, Iraq, on Jan. 19, 2007. U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. (left), commander of Multinational Force - Iraq, accompanied Gates.

Secretary Gates shakes hands with British Maj. Gen. J.M. Shaw.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates shakes hands with British Maj. Gen. J.M. Shaw (right) commander of Multinational Division - South East, as he arrives in Basra, Iraq, on Jan. 19, 2007. U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. (left), commander of Multinational Force - Iraq, accompanied Gates.

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