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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks at the National Bureau of Asian Research strategic book launch at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C., on Oct. 2, 2012.

Deputy Secretary Carter speaks at the National Bureau of Asian Research

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks at the National Bureau of Asian Research strategic book launch at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C., on Oct. 2, 2012.

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