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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, right, greets Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter as he arrives for the Navy's birthday celebration at the Pentagon, Oct. 9, 2012.

NAVY GREETING

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, right, greets Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter as he arrives for the Navy's birthday celebration at the Pentagon, Oct. 9, 2012.

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