U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu, listens to Lt. Col. Karl Kent, 374th Airlift Wing chief of plans and exercises, at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on March 30, 2012. Chu visited Tokyo and asked to speak with the Airmen involved in working with the Department of Energy during Operation Tomodachi, the recovery effort following the great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami March 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)