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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, left, stands with other members of the official party during the singing of the national anthem as he prepares to deliver remarks at the annual Defense Department's Combined Federal Campaign awards ceremony at the Pentagon, Feb. 11, 2013.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, left, stands with other members of the official party during the singing of the national anthem as he prepares to deliver remarks at the annual Defense Department's Combined Federal Campaign awards ceremony at the Pentagon, Feb. 11, 2013.

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