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Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall takes the floor as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta completes his remarks to the Office of Protocol's State of the Administration Speaker Series at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2012.

Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall takes the floor as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta completes his remarks to the Office of Protocol's State of the Administration Speaker Series at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2012.

Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall takes the floor as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta completes his remarks to the Office of Protocol's State of the Administration Speaker Series at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2012.

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