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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta greets Navy recruits at the USS Red Rover facility at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill., May 21, 2012. Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki toured the facility, which provides complete medical and dental examinations to all recruits before entering Great Lakes Recruit Training.

NAVY RECRUITS

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta greets Navy recruits at the USS Red Rover facility at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill., May 21, 2012. Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki toured the facility, which provides complete medical and dental examinations to all recruits before entering Great Lakes Recruit Training.

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