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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to students at the U.S. Air Force Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 15, 2009. Gates is on the start of a four-day trip visiting all of the branches war colleges.

AIR FORCE WAR COLLEGE

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to students at the U.S. Air Force Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 15, 2009. Gates is on the start of a four-day trip visiting all of the branches war colleges.

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