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Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter talks with forum moderator Richard Verma after delivering the keynote address on expanding the U.S.-Indian defense partnership at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., Sept. 30, 2013. Verma is a senior fellow at the center.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter talks with forum moderator Richard Verma after delivering the keynote address on expanding the U.S.-Indian defense partnership at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., Sept. 30, 2013. Verma is a senior fellow at the center.

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