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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks at the Pentagon Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in Washington. Gates said that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,000 people in Norfolk, Va., and begin to eliminate other jobs throughout the military.
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