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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thanks the director of the "Commandant's Own" Drum and Bugle Corps after an evening parade in the secretary's honor at Marine Barracks Washington May 18, 2012, in Washington D.C.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thanks the director of the "Commandant's Own" Drum and Bugle Corps after an evening parade in the secretary's honor at Marine Barracks Washington May 18, 2012, in Washington D.C.

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