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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to meet with Iraqi leaders today in Baghdad. Gates is expected to urge top Iraqi officials to work harder to reconcile differences between the Shiite and Sunni communities and pass legislation on sharing oil revenues among Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Gates told reporters in Iraq Thursday that he realizes the legislation will be difficult to pass, but it is necessary. The U.S. Defense Secretary arrived in Iraq Thursday on an unannounced visit after stops in other countries in the region. He met with U. S. commanders in the western city of Fallujah.