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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, right, and Jess Baily, left, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, survey damage, Feb. 4, 2013, from a suicide bomber attack at the embassy.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, right, and Jess Baily, left, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, survey damage, Feb. 4, 2013, from a suicide bomber attack at the embassy.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, right, and Jess Baily, left, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, survey damage, Feb. 4, 2013, from a suicide bomber attack at the embassy.

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