Robert Gates, center, U.S. secretary of Defense, looks aroun

SINGAPORE - JUNE 01: Robert Gates, center, U.S. secretary of Defense, looks around during the opening keynote address at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore, on Friday, June 1, 2007. Listening to the speech from left is A. K. Antony, India's minister of Defense; Robert Gates; Field Marshall Lord Inge, Britain's former chief of the Defense Staff; and Lee Kuan Yew (back to camera), Singapore's minister mentor. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will use a speech at a Pacific security conference tomorrow to counter concerns that the U.S. is too preoccupied with Iraq and Afghanistan to focus on Asia, a senior defense official said. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Bloomberg via Getty Images)