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Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, and former Defense Secretary William J. Perry meet with Bay Area female chief executive officers and business leaders at Stanford University to participate in a discussion about nuclear nonproliferation in Palo Alto, Calif., April 17, 2013.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, and former Defense Secretary William J. Perry meet with Bay Area female chief executive officers and business leaders at Stanford University to participate in a discussion about nuclear nonproliferation in Palo Alto, Calif., April 17, 2013.

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