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Army Gen. David Petraeus (right), commander Multinational Force Iraq, briefs Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates as they fly in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Fallujah, Iraq, on April 19, 2007. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, are in Iraq to meet with Petraeus, Marine Maj. Gen. Walter Gaskin, Commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq West, Navy Adm. William Fallon, commander of U.S. Central Command, and Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander Multinational Corps Iraq.

Gen. Petraeus briefs Secretary Gates.

Army Gen. David Petraeus (right), commander Multinational Force Iraq, briefs Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates as they fly in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Fallujah, Iraq, on April 19, 2007. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, are in Iraq to meet with Petraeus, Marine Maj. Gen. Walter Gaskin, Commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq West, Navy Adm. William Fallon, commander of U.S. Central Command, and Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander Multinational Corps Iraq.

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