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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives for a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Thursday March 6, 2008. NATO foreign ministers meet Thursday to discuss plans to offer membership to three Balkan nations and closer ties to others in an effort to promote stability in the region in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, talks with Britain's counterpart David Miliband at the NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Thursday March 6, 2008.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives a press conference after the Foreign Affairs Minister meeting at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels

Slovenia's Foreign Affairs Minister Dimitrij Rupel, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, left, upon her arrival at the European Union Council building in Brussels, Thursday, March 6, 2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner arrive to give a joint news conference during the "Women stabilizing an insecure world" conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels March 6, 2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner give a joint news conference during the "Women stabilizing an insecure world" conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels March 6, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets WWI Veteran Mr. Frank Buckles and family during the WWI Portrait Exhibit dedication ceremony at the Penatgon, Mar. 6, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with WWI Veteran Mr. Frank Buckles and family during the WWI Portrait Exhibit dedication ceremony at the Penatgon, Mar. 6, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with WWI Veteran Frank Buckles during the WWI Portrait Exhibit dedication ceremony at the Penatgon, Mar. 6, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

Defense Secretart Robert M. Gates talks with guest of honor 107-year-old Frank Buckles, during Pentagon ceremonies, March 6, 2008, unveiling an exhibit of portraitsof the last nine veterans of WWI by photographer David DeJonge. Since the start of the project, all but two of the veterans have passed away. Buckles served as an ambulance driver in WWI after enlisting at age 15. Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hosts the unveiling of WWI veteran Frank Buckles' portrait during a dedication ceremony at the Pentagon, Mar. 6, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

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