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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter gives his remarks during a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum titled "Turning the Corner: Strategic and Budgetary Choices for U.S. Defense," at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mass., on April 23, 2013.

Deputy Secretary Carter gives his remarks during a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter gives his remarks during a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum titled "Turning the Corner: Strategic and Budgetary Choices for U.S. Defense," at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mass., on April 23, 2013.

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