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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta attends a wreath-laying ceremony with Tetsuro Kuroe, deputy director general of the Japanese Bureau of Defense Policy, far left, honoring the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, who died in service of their country at a memorial in Tokyo, Oct. 25, 2011.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta attends a wreath-laying ceremony with Tetsuro Kuroe, deputy director general of the Japanese Bureau of Defense Policy, far left, honoring the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, who died in service of their country at a memorial in Tokyo, Oct. 25, 2011.

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