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U.S. Defense Leon E. Panetta, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meet with Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012.

DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS

U.S. Defense Leon E. Panetta, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meet with Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012.

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