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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the U.S. Special Operations Command change of command ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., July 9, 2007. U.S. Navy Adm. Eric T. Olson took over as the eighth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command from Army Gen. Doug Brown, in a ceremony presided over by Gates.

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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the U.S. Special Operations Command change of command ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., July 9, 2007. U.S. Navy Adm. Eric T. Olson took over as the eighth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command from Army Gen. Doug Brown, in a ceremony presided over by Gates.

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