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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announces a change in U.S. missile defense deployment during a press briefing at the Pentagon, March 15, 2013. Hagel said the Defense Department would increase missile defense investments in Alaska to counter the threat from North Korea.

MISSILE DEFENSE

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announces a change in U.S. missile defense deployment during a press briefing at the Pentagon, March 15, 2013. Hagel said the Defense Department would increase missile defense investments in Alaska to counter the threat from North Korea.

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