Jean-Yves Le Drian
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French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) speaks as Adm. Edouard Guillaud, the French army chief of staff, stands by during a press conference in Paris on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Mr. Le Drian said hundreds of French troops are involved in an operation that destroyed a command center of Islamic rebels in Mali. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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** FILE ** In this Monday, June 11, 2012, file photo, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian listens to a question during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Le Drian said Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, that a French soldier is missing after an unsuccessful commando raid in Somalia to rescue an intelligence agent who was killed by his captors during the fighting. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)