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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, right, and former Secretary of Defense William Perry meet with Bay Area women CEOs and business leaders at Stanford University to participate in a discussion about nuclear nonproliferation in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 17, 2013.

Deputy Secretary Carter and former Secretary of Defense Perry meet with Bay Area women CEOs and business leaders

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, right, and former Secretary of Defense William Perry meet with Bay Area women CEOs and business leaders at Stanford University to participate in a discussion about nuclear nonproliferation in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 17, 2013.

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