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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter delivers remarks at the F-35 Change of Program Executive and retirement ceremony for Navy Vice Adm. David J. Venlet in the Pentagon auditorium, Dec. 6, 2012. Venlet, the outgoing F-35 Program Executive, was relieved by Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, who also attended the event.

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter delivers remarks at the F-35 Change of Program Executive and retirement ceremony for Navy Vice Adm. David J. Venlet in the Pentagon auditorium, Dec. 6, 2012. Venlet, the outgoing F-35 Program Executive, was relieved by Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, who also attended the event.

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