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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter makes remarks as he presides over the U.S. European Command change-of-command ceremony in which which U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove succeeded U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis on Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, May 10, 2013.

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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter makes remarks as he presides over the U.S. European Command change-of-command ceremony in which which U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove succeeded U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis on Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, May 10, 2013.

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