Robert Gates

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates presents Rosemary Wixom with the Silver Buffalo Medal during the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. The Sliver Buffalo Award is the highest commendation given to a volunteer in the Boy Scouts of America. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates presents William Stark Jr. with the Silver Buffalo Medal during the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. The Sliver Buffalo Award is the highest commendation given to a volunteer in the Boy Scouts of America. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates presents Mark Stolowitz with the Silver Buffalo Medal during the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. The Sliver Buffalo Award is the highest commendation given to a volunteer in the Boy Scouts of America. Gates was elected as the organization's new president and 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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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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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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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates waves after addressing 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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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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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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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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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)