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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, hosts a working lunch for Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, left foreground, at the Pentagon, Oct. 17, 2011. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy joined Panetta.

WORKING LUNCH

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, hosts a working lunch for Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, left foreground, at the Pentagon, Oct. 17, 2011. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy joined Panetta.

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