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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta observes a a moment of silence as he visits the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. Panetta was in Hawaii to attend a change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Pacific Command.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta observes a a moment of silence as he visits the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. Panetta was in Hawaii to attend a change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Pacific Command.

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