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Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2013. Carter addressed new geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2013. Carter addressed new geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region.

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