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Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, speaks to reporters during a visit to the Cape Ray, in Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 2, 2014, to discuss the ship's upcoming mission to destroy chemical weapons from Syria. The Cape Ray is expected to depart for the mission in about two weeks with 64 specialists from the Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

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Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, speaks to reporters during a visit to the Cape Ray, in Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 2, 2014, to discuss the ship's upcoming mission to destroy chemical weapons from Syria. The Cape Ray is expected to depart for the mission in about two weeks with 64 specialists from the Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

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