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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter smiles during a working lunch at the Pentagon, Nov. 10, 2011.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter smiles during a working lunch at the Pentagon, Nov. 10, 2011.

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