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Warrant Officer Yoichi Akimoto, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, asks U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta a question about the future relationship between U.S. and Japan on Yokota Air Base, Oct. 24, 2011.

QUESTION FOR THE FUTURE

Warrant Officer Yoichi Akimoto, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, asks U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta a question about the future relationship between U.S. and Japan on Yokota Air Base, Oct. 24, 2011.

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