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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, share a laugh with South Korean Minister of Defense Kim Jang-soo in Singapore, June 2, 2007. Gates and Pace are in Singapore to attend the 6th International Institute for Strategic Studies conference, the Shangri-La Dialogue.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, share a laugh with South Korean Minister of Defense Kim Jang-soo in Singapore, June 2, 2007. Gates and Pace are in Singapore to attend the 6th International Institute for Strategic Studies conference, the Shangri-La Dialogue.

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