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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter testifies to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on the impact of sequestration on the Department of Defense at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14, 2013.

Deputy Secretary Carter testifies to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter testifies to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on the impact of sequestration on the Department of Defense at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14, 2013.

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