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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hosts a meeting with Russian Federation Security Council Secretary General Nikolai Patrushev at the Pentagon, May 21, 2013.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hosts a meeting with Russian Federation Security Council Secretary General Nikolai Patrushev at the Pentagon, May 21, 2013.

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