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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta interjects a light comment at a press conference during which President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary at the White House, Jan. 7, 2013. Hagel, 66, a former U.S. senator from Nebraska, earned two Purple Hearts as an infantry squad leader during the Vietnam War.

SHARING A LAUGH

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta interjects a light comment at a press conference during which President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary at the White House, Jan. 7, 2013. Hagel, 66, a former U.S. senator from Nebraska, earned two Purple Hearts as an infantry squad leader during the Vietnam War.

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