Mr Gates said it took him a long time to go through his list of friend requests, trying to remember which people he did and didn't know.

盖茨称，他要花费大量时间阅读好友申请，并努力回想哪个人认识，哪个他不认识。

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It even coaxed a rare essay out of Bill Gates, who objected to Ridley's claim that Africa needs industrialization rather than aid (it needs both, Mr. Gates said).

本书还让比尔·盖茨写了一片短文，文中他驳斥了里德利“非洲需要工业化而非援助”的主张，盖茨先生说，非洲两者皆需要。

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Mr.Gates said nations must be responsible for their fair share of the common defense.

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Mr.Obama said he had spoken with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and with the Chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral Michael Mullen.

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"All these new designs are going to be incredibly safe, " Mr Gates said.

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Mr Gates said he believes a malaria vaccine is a few years away and there was a "good chance" that by 2015 a trial will have a successful completion.

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Speaking on board a US military plane en route to the two-day Nato meeting, Mr Gates said the new US administration was "prepared... to make additional commitments to Afghanistan, but there clearly will be expectations that the allies must do more as well".

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