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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates greets children at the National Batuta Foundation and Colombia's Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation during a trip to Bogota, Colombia, on Oct. 3, 2007.

Secretary Gates greets children.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates greets children at the National Batuta Foundation and Colombia's Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation during a trip to Bogota, Colombia, on Oct. 3, 2007.

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