U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) hosts an honor cordon to welcome Norway's Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen to the Pentagon in Washington June 4, 2009. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 32 months ago

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) hosts an honor cordon to welcome Norway's Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen to the Pentagon in Washington June 4, 2009.

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