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US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) greets Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa at the Pentagon on October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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  1. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates(L) and Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen hold a press conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Washington, DC November 19, 2009, speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood. Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained 'vulnerable' to similar assaults. The 45-day review would look at possible 'lapses or problems' before this month's army base shooting that killed 13 people and 'what can we do to prevent something like this from happening again,' Gates told a news conference.
  2. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  3. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  4. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  5. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen answers questions from reporters during news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Mullen and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  6. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  7. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates holds a press conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Washington, DC November 19, 2009, speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood. Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained 'vulnerable' to similar assaults. The 45-day review would look at possible 'lapses or problems' before this month's army base shooting that killed 13 people and 'what can we do to prevent something like this from happening again,' Gates told a news conference.
  8. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates takes questions from reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft. Hood attack, Gates announced that former Army Secretary Togo West and former chief of naval operations Adm. Vernon Clark will head the 45-day review of personnel programs, medical screenings and release and discharge policies, as well as the department's stateside security programs at bases and other facilities.
  9. BOLOGNA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 21: Italian defence minister Ignazio La Russa during the Serie A match between Bologna and Inter Milan at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on November 21, 2009 in Bologna, Italy.
  10. BOLOGNA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 21: Francesca Menarini President of Bologna FC meets Italian defence minister Ignazio La Russa during the Serie A match between Bologna and Inter Milan at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on November 21, 2009 in Bologna, Italy.
  11. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 09: (R-L) Minister of Defence Ignazio La Russa, Minister of Youth Giorgia Meloni and Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti attend the presentation of 'Freedom', at the Palazzo Reale on November 9, 2009 in Milan, Italy.'Freedom' is an installation commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  12. In this photo taken Saturday Nov. 7, a man identified as alleged fugitive mobster Luigi Esposito, centre, is escorted by Carabinieri paramilitary police officers outside a police station in Naples, southern Italy. Italy on Sunday Nov. 8, 2009 hailed the capture of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives. Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa's office said paramilitary police arrested Luigi Esposito on Saturday in Posillipo, a northern coastal suburb of Naples. Esposito, on the run since 2003, was using a wig and false name when captured.
  13. In this photo taken Saturday Nov. 7, a man identified as alleged fugitive mobster Luigi Esposito, second from right in foreground, is escorted by Carabinieri paramilitary police officers outside a police station in Naples, southern Italy. Italy on Sunday Nov. 8, 2009 hailed the capture of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives. Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa's office said paramilitary police arrested Luigi Esposito on Saturday in Posillipo, a northern coastal suburb of Naples. Esposito, on the run since 2003, was using a wig and false name when captured. Esposito winked at relatives and pursed his lips in a sign of a kiss Saturday outside the Naples police headquarters as officers led him off to prison.
  14. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C), Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (L) and Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa attend the celebration of the Italian Army's anniversary in Rome November 4, 2009.
  15. Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano (R) reviews an honour guard with Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa (L) during their visit to the Italian United Nations Interim Forces (UNIFIL) base in Shamaa village, southern Lebanon November 3, 2009.
  16. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (2ndL) and Italian Minister of Defence Ignazio La Russa (L) review troops from the Italian contingent working with the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) during a visit to their base in the southern Lebanese town of Shamaa on November 03, 2009. Napolitano is on an official two-day visit to Lebanon.

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