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** FILE ** Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers questions on Syria during a joint news conference with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Phillip Hammond, at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — Photo by: J. Scott Applewhite
** FILE ** Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers questions on Syria during a joint news conference with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Phillip Hammond, at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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