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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting, in Nashville, Tenn., in this May 23, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn., after being selected as the organization's new president. Gates is taking over one of the nation's largest youth organizations as it fights a membership decline and debates its policy toward gays. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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