"Our Navy can carry twice as many aircraft at sea as all the rest of the world combined," outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pointed out last year.

“我们海军在海上可搭载飞机的总数量，是世界其他海军搭载飞机数量总和的两倍。”美国国防部长罗伯特·盖茨去年就曾指出过。

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The attack came on the last morning of a two-day visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

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It rebuffed efforts by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to develop a next-generation nuclear warhead.

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These include: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. Strategic Command Commander General Kevin P.

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