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Defense Secretary Ash Carter gives a challenge coin to Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani after a dinner hosted by Nakatani at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo, April 8, 2015. Carter is on a visit to the U.S. Pacific Command Area of Responsibility to make observations for the future force and the rebalance to the Pacific.

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter gives a challenge coin to Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani after a dinner hosted by Nakatani at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo, April 8, 2015. Carter is on a visit to the U.S. Pacific Command Area of Responsibility to make observations for the future force and the rebalance to the Pacific.

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