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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Ashton Carter, under secretary of defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, brief the press on more productive defense spending plans at the Pentagon, Sept. 14, 2010.

PENTAGON BRIEFING

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Ashton Carter, under secretary of defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, brief the press on more productive defense spending plans at the Pentagon, Sept. 14, 2010.

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