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Defense Secretary Ash Carter talks with Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps, before boarding a C-17 Globemaster at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter talks with Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps, before boarding a C-17 Globemaster at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter talks with Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps, before boarding a C-17 Globemaster at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015.

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