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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, speaks with Polish special forces soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan at the II Mech Corps Headquarters in Krakow, Poland, Feb. 19, 2009. Gates was in Poland to attend to Krakow Defense Ministry Conference.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, speaks with Polish special forces soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan at the II Mech Corps Headquarters in Krakow, Poland, Feb. 19, 2009. Gates was in Poland to attend to Krakow Defense Ministry Conference.

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