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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with Michael A. Battle Sr., U.S. ambassador to the African Union, at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 24, 2013.

AMBASSADOR CONVERSATION

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with Michael A. Battle Sr., U.S. ambassador to the African Union, at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 24, 2013.

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