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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an aerial tour of Kunar province from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffery Schloesser in a U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter over Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
Secretary Gates receives an aerial tour of Kunar province from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffery Schloesser over Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks with Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
Secretary Gates meets with U.S. Army soldiers at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison

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