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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta listens to China’s Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie during a joint press briefing in the Pentagon on May 7, 2012.

Secretary Panetta listens to Gen. Liang during a joint press briefing

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta listens to China’s Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie during a joint press briefing in the Pentagon on May 7, 2012.

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