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Former Defense Secretary William J. Perry, left, and then-Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, unveil the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies during a renaming ceremony April 2, 2013, at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington. Carter and Perry discussed defense innovation at the Hoover Institution, Sept. 19, 2016. Defense Department photo by Rachel Larue

NDU regional studies center named after retired secretary of defense

Former Defense Secretary William J. Perry, left, and then-Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter, unveil the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies April 2, 2013, at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington. Carter and Perry discussed defense innovation at the Hoover Institution, Sept. 19, 2016. Defense Department photo by Rachel Larue

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