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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2013. Carter addressed the strategic and budgetary challenges facing the Department of Defense and then took questions from the press.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks at the National Press Club

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2013. Carter addressed the strategic and budgetary challenges facing the Department of Defense and then took questions from the press.

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