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And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades.
Robert M. Gates
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Robert M. Gates
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 25
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Kansas
Robert Michael Gates
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