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Memorial Comments

Defense Secretary Ash Carter offers comments during the memorial service for five slain service members at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 15, 2015. Carter joined Vice President Joe Biden at the event, which honored the four Marines and one sailor who died from the July 16 shooting at the Navy Operational Support Center in Chattanooga.

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