secretary, defense, robert, m, gates, center, his, wife, becky, are, greeted, by, adm, timothy, j, keating, commander, u, s, pacific, command, as, they, arrive, hickam, afb, hawaii, wednesday, feb, missile, launched, from, navy, ship, struck, dying, spy, satellite, passing, miles, kilometers, over, pentagon, said, operation, was, so, extraordinary, with, such, intense, international, publicity, political, ramifications, that, rather, than, military, to, make, final, decision, pull, trigger, fire, controlman, nd, class, andrew, jackson, native, ray, town, mo, launches, standard, sm, combat, information, aboard, guided, cruiser, uss, lake, erie, fired, single, modified, tactical, successfully, impacted, non-functioning, national, reconnaissance, office, approximately, nautical, ocean, it, traveled, in, space, mph, aegis, impacting, president, george, w, bush, decided, bring, down, because, likelihood, could, release, hydrazine, fuel, upon, impact, possibly, populated, areas, photo, released, department, vice, chairman, joint, chiefs, staff, marine, corps, gen, james, e, cartwright, left, deputy, gordon, england, washington, d, c, follow, progress, races, toward, smashed, potentially, deadly, points, video, during, news, conference, thursday, hours, after, scored, direct, hit, failing, spacecraft, destruction, errant, using, pulls, into, pearl, harbor, rimpac, exercises