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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, greets Air Force Gen. Craig R. Mckinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, at the National Guard Joint Leadership Conference in National Harbor, Md., Nov. 8, 2011.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, greets Air Force Gen. Craig R. Mckinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, at the National Guard Joint Leadership Conference in National Harbor, Md., Nov. 8, 2011.

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