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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leaves after delivering his speech
Friday, Jun. 10, 2011

Open quoteFuture U.S. political leaders — those for whom the Cold War was not the formative experience that it was for me — may not consider the return on America's investment in NATO worth the cost.Close quote

  • ROBERT GATES,
  • U.S. Defense Secretary, expressing his frustration with NATO bureaucracy in his final policy speech as Pentagon chief
Photo: Francois Lenoir / Reuters | Source: AP