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Defense Secretary Ash Carter poses with Peter Buttigieg, left, mayor of South Bend, Ind., and his chief of staff, Brian Pawlowski, right, at the 80th Annual Conference of the National Association of Counties in Charlotte, N.C., July 11, 2015.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter poses with Peter Buttigieg, left, mayor of South Bend, Ind., and his chief of staff, Brian Pawlowski, right, at the 80th Annual Conference of the National Association of Counties in Charlotte, N.C., July 11, 2015.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter poses with Peter Buttigieg, left, mayor of South Bend, Ind., and his chief of staff, Brian Pawlowski, right, at the 80th Annual Conference of the National Association of Counties in Charlotte, N.C., July 11, 2015.

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