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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with Krygyzstan Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Ismail Isakovich Isakov in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 5, 2007.

IN KYRGYZSTAN

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with Krygyzstan Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Ismail Isakovich Isakov in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 5, 2007.

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