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By Thom Shanker and Elisabeth Bumiller / The Bulletin
June 19, 2011
WASHINGTON — As he prepares to depart the government for the second time, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the uncertainty of the conflict in Libya, has made him far more wary, and weary, over unleashing the might of the U.S.....