Secretary of Defense Gates tours missile defense facilities in Alaska.
Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) (2nd L) and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (3rd L) listen to a briefing on a ground-based interceptor missile silo in Fort Greeley, Alaska on June 1, 2009. Gates is touring missile defense facilities in Alaska. (UPI Photo/Jerry Morrison/U.S. Air Force)
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