Gates Conducts Bilateral Meeting in Brussels, Belgium

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a bilateral meeting with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2011. Gates is in Brussels to attend the formal NATO Defense Ministerial.

DOD photo by Cherie Cullen

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducted a bilateral meeting with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2011. Gates is in Belgium to attend the formal NATO Defense Ministerial.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates

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  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a bilateral meeting with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2011. Gates is in Belgium to attend the formal NATO Defense Ministerial. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a bilateral meeting with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith, not pictured, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2011. Gates is in Belgium to attend the formal NATO Defense Ministerial. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates thanks security personnel for their service and bids them farewell in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 7, 2011. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
  • U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, introduces U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to International Joint Commission personnel at the Joint Operations Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 7, 2011. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates thanks International Joint Commission personnel for their service at the Joint Operations Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 7, 2011. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
  • A Tolo TV reporter interviews U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 7, 2011. Gates toured Afghanistan during his 12th and final trip there as defense secretary. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Egyptian Army Lt. Gen. Sami Enan, chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, presents an award to U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Cairo, June 7, 2011. Mullen is on a seven-day trip to the region meeting with counterparts and leaders. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
  • Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal, left, applauds Shinyei "Rocky" Matayoshi, for his extraordinary heroism in action, which led to him being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon on June 7, 2011. Technical Sergeant Matayoshi was the platoon sergeant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. U.S. Army photo by Eboni L. Myart
  • Robert Wright, a World War II veteran paratrooper and medic, reacts with emotion before receiving the French Legion of Honor medal on the 67th anniversary of D-Day in Sainte Mere Eglise, France, June 6, 2011. Wright and fellow medic, Ken Moore, cared for more than 70 injured allied and German troops in the Angoville church before the town was liberated. Wright served with the 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • Fred Morgan, a World War II veteran who landed in Normandy as a U.S. Army paratrooper medic with the 82nd Airborne Division during the allied invasion of France, embraces the current commanding general of the division, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jim Huggins, at La Fiere, France, June 5, 2011. Morgan and another veteran medics were present for the dedication of a memorial plaque to allied medics at a memorial to paratroopers. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
  • U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, and Khowst Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabaar Naeemi greet villagers in Jaji Maidan in Afghanistan's Khowst province, June 2, 2011. Petraeus and Naeemi met earlier in the day at Forward Operating Base Salerno for a shura about opportunities and challenges facing the Afghan and coalition forces partnership. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Zumer
  • U.S. Army Spc. Joshua M. McLay shows Afghan soldiers how to properly sight an M14 rifle during Operation Stone Steps at Nangalam Base in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, May 31, 2011. U.S. soldiers trained the Afghan soldiers on various marksmanship and weapons training throughout the four-day operation. McLay is an infantry squad designated marksman assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt 1st Class Mark Burrell
  • U.S. Army Spc. Michael McGovern, left, tosses a full bag of cement to U.S. Army Pfc. Dustin Mackiewicz, right, atop a cement mixer at a medical clinic construction site in Haiti, May 29, 2011. McGovern and Mackiewicz are assigned to the 716th Engineer Company. U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Phillip Eugene
  • U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Roland talks with a group of students before a concert at Institucion Ciudadela Educativa Tumaco Narino during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project in Tumaco, Colombia, June 6, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance mission is visiting the Caribbean, Central and South America. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic
  • Students at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center play underwater football to cool down after physical training in Panama, City, Fla., June 3, 2011. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Abraham Essenmacher

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