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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, at podium, addresses joint service members assigned to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language School and Presidio of Monterey, Calif., Aug. 23, 2011.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, at podium, addresses joint service members assigned to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language School and Presidio of Monterey, Calif., Aug. 23, 2011.

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