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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks to Navy Rear Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of Strike Group 3, while in his office at the Pentagon, Jan. 6, 2012. Panetta congratulated him and the U.S. Navy personnel who safely rescued Iranian sailors in the northern Arabian Sea. The Iranian sailors had been held hostage by pirates.

CONGRATULATORY CALL

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks to Navy Rear Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of Strike Group 3, while in his office at the Pentagon, Jan. 6, 2012. Panetta congratulated him and the U.S. Navy personnel who safely rescued Iranian sailors in the northern Arabian Sea. The Iranian sailors had been held hostage by pirates.

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