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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, shakes hands with Lee Rosenberg, director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, at the group's policy conference in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2012.

POLICY CONFERENCE

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, shakes hands with Lee Rosenberg, director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, at the group's policy conference in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2012.

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