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Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Gen. Phung Quang Thanh, right, is guest of honor at a Pentagon working luncheon Dec. 15, 2009, hosted by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left. The defense leaders are discussing a broad range of security issues of mutual interest to both nations. Accompanying hanh is the Vietnamese Ambassador Le Cong Phung, center, and Rear Adm. Nguyen Viet Nhien, left, deputy commander of the Vietnamese Naval Command. (DoD photo by R. D. Ward/Released)