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Pentagon proceeding cautiously on aid drop (AP)
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Created 05/08/2008 - 3:05pm

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, gestures in the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm.<br /><br />Michael Mullen during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Gates said Thursday the U.S. military was moving forward with plans to mount a relief mission in Myanmar, but he couldn't imagine air dropping aid without permission from the Asian nation's government.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) [1]AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the U.S. military was moving forward with plans to mount a relief mission in Myanmar, but he said he couldn't imagine air dropping aid without permission from the closed regime.


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