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Leon Panetta is the first US Defense chief to visit New Zealand in 30 years.

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is welcomed to Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 21, 2012, by New Zealand's Minister of Defense Jonathan Coleman (C) and US Ambassador to New Zealand David Huebner (L).

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