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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, offers his thanks to U.S. Army Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, as he prepares to depart Command Post Tango near Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2013.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, offers his thanks to U.S. Army Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, as he prepares to depart Command Post Tango near Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2013.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, offers his thanks to U.S. Army Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, as he prepares to depart Command Post Tango near Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2013.

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