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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter shakes hands with Erian Idrissov, Kazakhstan's ambassador to the United States, as he welcomes Kazakhstan's Foreign Affairs Minister Yerzhan Kh. Kazykhanov, far left, to the Pentagon, Jan. 31, 2012.

PENTAGON WELCOME

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter shakes hands with Erian Idrissov, Kazakhstan's ambassador to the United States, as he welcomes Kazakhstan's Foreign Affairs Minister Yerzhan Kh. Kazykhanov, far left, to the Pentagon, Jan. 31, 2012.

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