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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, announces a new strategic initiative with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, center, and Spanish President Jose Zapatero, involving the basing of U.S. Navy Aegis destroyers at Rota, Spain, during a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 5, 2011.

NEW INITIATIVE

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, announces a new strategic initiative with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, center, and Spanish President Jose Zapatero, involving the basing of U.S. Navy Aegis destroyers at Rota, Spain, during a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 5, 2011.

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