U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) and Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shake hands as Gates hosts an arrival ceremony to welcome Barak to the Pentagon in Washington, June 4, 2009. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) and Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shake hands as Gates hosts an arrival ceremony to welcome Barak to the Pentagon in Washington, June 4, 2009.

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  1. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young participate in a joint news conference at South Korea's defense ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gates said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to protect South Korea with Washington's full military might, including its nuclear capabilities.
  2. Protesters holding portraits of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young shout a slogan during a rally against the Security Consultative Meeting, or SCM, between the U.S. and South Korea in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing."
  3. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young during Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry in Seoul October 22, 2009. Gates said on Thursday that North Korea poses a threat to his country's allies in North Asia and promised to protect them under the U.S. nuclear deterrent.
  4. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young during Security Consultative Meeting or SCM at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing."
  5. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, arrives to sign the guest book before meeting South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens looks on at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing" than before.
  6. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) talks with Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo October 20, 2009. The United States wants to stick to a deal on realigning U.S. troops in Japan, Defense Secretary Gates said on Tuesday, giving Japan's new government little room to move on an issue that could test ties.
  7. US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people were killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  8. US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people were killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  9. Soldiers attend a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people were killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  10. US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  11. US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  12. Soldiers attend a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people killed in a bloody rampage. The bodies of those killed in a shooting spree at a US Army base will be taken to the same mortuary that handles fallen soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
  13. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv November 7, 2009.
  14. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv November 7, 2009.
  15. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2009. About 20,000 people massed in Rabin Square where the late prime minister was killed by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995, after attending a peace rally.
  16. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2009. About 20,000 people massed in Rabin Square where the late prime minister was killed by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995, after attending a peace rally.

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