Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addresses the audience at a Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 1, 2010. Gen. Lloyd Austin III relieved Gen. Raymond T. Odierno in command of the remaining forces in Iraq, marking the end of combat operations in the country.

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