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Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, speaks former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Stanford University President John Leroy Hennessy as he arrives at the Lou Henry Hoover House in Stanford, Calif., May 11, 2016, for a ceremony to honor former Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Carter presented Shultz. DoD photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

Hoover House Conversation

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, speaks former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Stanford University President John Leroy Hennessy as he arrives at the Lou Henry Hoover House in Stanford, Calif., May 11, 2016, for a ceremony to honor former Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Carter presented Shultz. DoD photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

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