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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter addresses audience members at Madison Square Park before the Veterans Day Parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2012.

CARTER ADDRESS

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter addresses audience members at Madison Square Park before the Veterans Day Parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2012.

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