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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter speaks to the attendees of the Senior Conference XLIX at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on June 4, 2012. The conference provides a forum for distinguished representatives from the private sector, government, academia, the think-tank community, and the joint military services to discuss topics of national security importance.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Carter speaks to the attendees of the Senior Conference

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter speaks to the attendees of the Senior Conference XLIX at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on June 4, 2012. The conference provides a forum for distinguished representatives from the private sector, government, academia, the think-tank community, and the joint military services to discuss topics of national security importance.

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