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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta responds to a question from an audience member at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., Aug. 23, 2011. Panetta also addressed students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during his visit.

PANETTA RESPONSE

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta responds to a question from an audience member at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., Aug. 23, 2011. Panetta also addressed students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center during his visit.

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