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Vietnamese Army Maj. Gen. Nguyen Cong Son, deputy chief of the office of the minister of defense, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta upon his arrival in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, June 3, 2012. Panetta is the first defense secretary and the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the Vietnamese port since the end of the Vietnam war in 1975 and the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Vietnam 17 years ago.

Vietnamese Army Maj. Gen. Nguyen Cong Son, deputy chief of the office of the minister of defense, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta upon his arrival in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, June 3, 2012. Panetta is the first defense secretary and the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the Vietnamese port since the end of the Vietnam war in 1975 and the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Vietnam 17 years ago.

Vietnamese Army Maj. Gen. Nguyen Cong Son, deputy chief of the office of the minister of defense, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta upon his arrival in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, June 3, 2012. Panetta is the first defense secretary and the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the Vietnamese port since the end of the Vietnam war in 1975 and the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Vietnam 17 years ago.

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