Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace (L) and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) share ideas aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft en route to Iraq, December 19, 2006, while Robert Rangel (2nd L), special assistant to the Secretary of Defense, and Eric Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for policy, watch. Picture taken December 19, 2006. [Reuters]

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