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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, receives a salute from senior Vietnamese officers as he visits the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense and meets with Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 1, 2015.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, receives a salute from senior Vietnamese officers as he visits the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense and meets with Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 1, 2015.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, receives a salute from senior Vietnamese officers as he visits the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense and meets with Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 1, 2015.

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