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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Senior Lt. Gen. Phuong Quang Thanh hold a joint press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 4, 2012. Panetta is on ten-day trip to the Asia-Pacific to meet with defense counterparts.

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Senior Lt. Gen. Phuong Quang Thanh hold a joint press conference

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Senior Lt. Gen. Phuong Quang Thanh hold a joint press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 4, 2012. Panetta is on ten-day trip to the Asia-Pacific to meet with defense counterparts.

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