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Gates in Munich
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with members of the press aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft, Feb. 8, 2008. Gates was headed to Germany for the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy after attending an informal NATO defense ministerial conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with members of the press aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft, Feb. 8, 2008. Gates was headed to Germany for the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy after attending an informal NATO defense ministerial conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, third from right, poses for a photograph with U.S. Marines assigned to the U.S. embassy in Munich, Germany, after arriving there for the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy, Feb. 8, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, speaks with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier before the kickoff of the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy, Feb. 9, 2008. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, speaks with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, second from left, before the kickoff of the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Feb. 9, 2008. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman before the start of the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates holds a bilateral meeting with Turkish Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, speaks to Russian 1st Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.A Bavarian TV reporter, left, interviews U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.CNN correspondent Jamie McIntyre, right, interviews U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and German Minister of Defense Dr. Franz Josef sign a defense agreement during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and German Minister of Defense Dr. Franz Josef shake hands after signing a defense agreement during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates poses for a photo after signing a defense agreement during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 9, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with conference personnel as he prepares to give a speech during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy, in Munich, Feb. 10, 2008.Attendees of the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy listen as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech on security threats posed by terrorists to European nations in Munich, Germany, Feb. 10, 2008. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech on security threats posed by terrorists to European nations during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Germany, Feb. 10, 2008.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech on security threats posed by terrorists to European nations during the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy in Germany, Feb. 10, 2008.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with members of the press aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft, Feb. 8, 2008. Gates was headed to Germany for the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy after attending an informal NATO defense ministerial conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison