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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks during an unannounced visit to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan
18 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) delivers remarks and takes a few questions from the media after looking over a A-10 "Warthog"(rear), a close support aircraft, during an unannounced visit to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan September 17, 2008. REUTERS/Paul J. Richards/Pool (AFGHANISTAN)
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