Photostream: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets Turkish Defense Minister Mehmet Vecdi Gonul

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) presents Turkish Defense Minister Mehmet Vecdi Gonul with the American-Turkish Council Distinguished Defense Award during the American-Turkish Council's 29th Annual Conference on US -Turkish relations October 18, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo : MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, presents the Distinguished Defense Award to Turkey's Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul, during a ceremony at the American-Turkish Council's 29th annual conference on US Turkey relations, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 in Washington. (Getty Images /AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks at the American-Turkish Council's 29th Annual Conference on US -Turkish relations October 18, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images / AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN )

Turkish Defense Minister Mehmet Vecdi Gonul listens as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks at the American-Turkish Council's 29th Annual Conference on US -Turkish relations October 18, 2010 at a hotel in Washington, DC. (Photo : MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)