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Defense Secretary Ash Carter briefs members of the press aboard an E-4B jet en route to Japan, April 6, 2015. Carter is on a visit to the U.S. Pacific Command Area of Responsibility to make observations for the future force and the military's shift to the Pacific.

PRESS BRIEFING

Defense Secretary Ash Carter briefs members of the press aboard an E-4B jet en route to Japan, April 6, 2015. Carter is on a visit to the U.S. Pacific Command Area of Responsibility to make observations for the future force and the military's shift to the Pacific.

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