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Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine H. Fox gets a briefing from Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Baden as she tours SEAL Beach, named after the Navy's special operations force, at the Navy Special Warfare Center in San Diego, Feb. 10, 2014.

Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine H. Fox gets a briefing from Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Baden as she tours SEAL Beach, named after the Navy's special operations force, at the Navy Special Warfare Center in San Diego, Feb. 10, 2014.

Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine H. Fox gets a briefing from Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Baden as she tours SEAL Beach, named after the Navy's special operations force, at the Navy Special Warfare Center in San Diego, Feb. 10, 2014.

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