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Parliamentary Vice Minister Hamada is escorted by Deputy Secretary Hamre into the Pentagon.
Parliamentary Vice Minister Yasukazu Hamada (left), of Japan, is escorted by Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre (right) through an armed forces honor cordon into the Pentagon on Nov. 3, 1998.