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Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left; John Samson, a U.S. Southern Command civilian employee, center; and Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, commander of Southcom, take part in a cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate the command’s 50th anniversary at its headquarters in Miami, June 4, 2013.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left; John Samson, a U.S. Southern Command civilian employee, center; and Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, commander of Southcom, take part in a cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate the command’s 50th anniversary at its headquarters in Miami, June 4, 2013.

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