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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with Ethiopian Army Gen. Samora Yunis, chief of staff for Ethiopia's defense forces, at the Ethiopian National Defense Force headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 24, 2013.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with Ethiopian Army Gen. Samora Yunis, chief of staff for Ethiopia's defense forces, at the Ethiopian National Defense Force headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 24, 2013.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with Ethiopian Army Gen. Samora Yunis, chief of staff for Ethiopia's defense forces, at the Ethiopian National Defense Force headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 24, 2013.

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