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Okinawa : Japan | about 1 month ago  
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  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates shakes hands with Japan's FM Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo
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  • U.S. Defence Secretary Gates speaks during a joint news conference with Japan's Defense Minister Kitazawa at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo
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  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates meets Japan's FM Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo
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  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates talks with Japan's FM Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo
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I am moving into my personal decision phase," Robert Gates said before the meeting in the Slovak capital of Bratislava that will be held on Thursday and Friday. "I will probably share with the president and my colleagues in the American government where I come out on this issue before I share...
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