SECDEF visit
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates talks to recent and upcoming deployers from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, May 6, 2011. Secretary Gates became the defense secretary December 18, 2006, but served for eight presidents in other capacities. While in the Air Force, Secretary Gates served as an intelligence officer at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and is a native of Kansas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rae Perry)(RELEASED)