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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta gives a speech in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 21, 2012. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group is conducting a composite training unit exercise.

PANETTA SPEECH

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta gives a speech in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 21, 2012. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group is conducting a composite training unit exercise.

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