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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter listens to opening remarks during a hearing on options for implementing sequestration and its effects on the nation's defense before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2012.

OPENING REMARKS

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter listens to opening remarks during a hearing on options for implementing sequestration and its effects on the nation's defense before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2012.

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