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Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, left, responds to a reporter's question during a media availability with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta outside the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 17, 2011. Panetta and La Russa met earlier for a working lunch to discuss security issues of interest to both nations.

Italian Defense Minister La Russa responds to a reporter's question during a media availability with Secretary Panetta

Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, left, responds to a reporter's question during a media availability with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta outside the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 17, 2011. Panetta and La Russa met earlier for a working lunch to discuss security issues of interest to both nations.

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