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Martin J. Gross, president of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, introduces Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, at the institute's 2013 Soref Symposium in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2013.

Martin J. Gross, president of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, introduces Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, at the institute's 2013 Soref Symposium in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2013.

Martin J. Gross, president of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, introduces Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, at the institute's 2013 Soref Symposium in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2013.

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