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Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks at the Pentagon in this May 1, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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President Barack Obama listens as Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 25, 2015, during a Memorial Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter pauses while speaking at the Pentagon during a news conference, Friday, May 1, 2015, to discuss the Defense Department's annual report on sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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In this Friday, April 10, 2015 photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Han Min Koo upon his arrival at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. Carter was on his first visit to Asia since becoming defense secretary in February. He met Friday with President Park Geun-hye and senior members of her government. Earlier in the week he was in Japan. Aides said Carter intended to discuss the South China Sea situation with U.S. officials at Pacific Command in Hawaii on Saturday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida before their working lunch at the foreign ministry's Iikura guest house in Tokyo Wednesday, April 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Yuya Shino, Pool)
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, walks with U.S. Army Gen. John Campbell upon arrival at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. The pace of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan will headline Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Washington(AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, Texas Republican, questions Defense Secretary Ash Carter as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18, 2015, before the committee's hearing on President Obama's use of military force proposal against the Islamic State and the Defense Department's budget. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to review the defense authorization request for fiscal 2016 and the future years defense program. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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President Obama speaks about Iran and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, during a meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **
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National Edition News cover for March 2, 2015 - Iraq, Afghanistan become allies to U.S. on battlefield: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, arrives to a news conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Carter made his international debut Saturday with a visit to Afghanistan to see American troops and commanders, meet with Afghan leaders and assess whether U.S. withdrawal plans are too risky to Afghan security. (SAP Photos/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter smiles as he enters the Pentagon auditorium, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, to address staff at an all hands meeting. Carter was sworn in Tuesday, replacing Chuck Hagel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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President Barack Obama meets with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Incoming Defense Secretary Ash Carter, and his wife Stephanie Carter, during their arrival at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Carter, who previously served as the No. 2 Pentagon official, replaced Chuck Hagel as the new Pentagon chief. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Incoming Defense Secretary Ash Carter, and his wife Stephanie Carter, during their arrival at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Carter, who previously served as the No. 2 Pentagon official, replaced Chuck Hagel as the new Pentagon chief. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter after he spoke at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) symposium being held at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Ash Carter, President Obama's pick to be the new defense secretary, has told senators he doesn't see any way to close down the prison at Guantanamo Bay over the next two years, putting a major dent in Mr. Obama's hopes to shut it down before he leaves office. (Associated Press)
