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Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Michael Westphal answers reporters' questions during a media roundtable in the Pentagon on April 2, 2002.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Westphal answers reporters' questions.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Michael Westphal answers reporters' questions during a media roundtable in the Pentagon on April 2, 2002.

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