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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter speaks to the soldiers manning a Patriot missile battery at a Turkish army base near Gaziantep, Turkey, on Feb. 4, 2013. Carter is concluding his six-day trip to meet with officials in France, Germany, Jordan and Turkey with a visit to the battery.

Deputy Secretary Carter speaks to the soldiers manning a Patriot missile battery

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter speaks to the soldiers manning a Patriot missile battery at a Turkish army base near Gaziantep, Turkey, on Feb. 4, 2013. Carter is concluding his six-day trip to meet with officials in France, Germany, Jordan and Turkey with a visit to the battery.

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