FIRST VISIT

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06/21/2013 01:52 PM CDT

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Vietnamese Army Senior Lt. Gen. Do Ba Ty, vice minister of national defense, render a salute during the playing of the national anthem at the Pentagon, June 20, 2013. Navy Cmdr. Scott McIlnay, a Dempsey spokesman, said the visit marked the first-ever visit by a Vietnamese chief of defense to the Pentagon.