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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter briefs the press on a new defense strategy as Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, listens at the Pentagon, Jan. 5, 2012. President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta began the briefing with remarks on the defense strategy going forward.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter briefs the press on a new defense strategy as Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, listens at the Pentagon, Jan. 5, 2012. President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta began the briefing with remarks on the defense strategy going forward.

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