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Ashton Carter, under defense secretary for Acquisition Technology and Logistics, speaks with members of the press about the Air Force KC-X aerial tanker program during a press conference with Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn, center, and Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley at the Pentagon, Sept. 24, 2009.

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Ashton Carter, under defense secretary for Acquisition Technology and Logistics, speaks with members of the press about the Air Force KC-X aerial tanker program during a press conference with Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn, center, and Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley at the Pentagon, Sept. 24, 2009.

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