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Article: Quote of the week.(WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP)(Robert Gates quotation)(Quotation)

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April 13, 2009
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"I would say we're not prepared to do anything about it."

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on how the ...

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