U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, talks with Italy&#39;s counterpart Giampaolo Di Paola, left and Lithuania&#39;s counterpart Juozas Olekas, center, at the start of a two-day NATO defense ministers meeting to discuss Syria and Afghanistan, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The head of NATO urged member countries Thursday to stop cutting their defense budgets in response to tough economic times, saying continued reductions will compromise the safety of all of the military alliances 28 members. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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