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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta answers questions from the press during a media availability in Honolulu, March 8, 2012. Panetta is in Hawaii to attend the U.S. Pacific Command's change of command ceremony where Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard will relinquish command to Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta answers questions from the press during a media availability in Honolulu, March 8, 2012. Panetta is in Hawaii to attend the U.S. Pacific Command's change of command ceremony where Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard will relinquish command to Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III.

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