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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel walks with Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, upon arrival in Honolulu, May 29, 2013. Hagel will meet with Pacific Command leaders before continuing to Singapore to speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue and Brussels for a NATO meeting with defense ministers.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel walks with Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, upon arrival in Honolulu, May 29, 2013. Hagel will meet with Pacific Command leaders before continuing to Singapore to speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue and Brussels for a NATO meeting with defense ministers.

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