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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, thanks Pam Locklear, wife of Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, after being presented with a lei during an official dinner at the Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu, May 29, 2013.

OFFICIAL DINNER

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, thanks Pam Locklear, wife of Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, after being presented with a lei during an official dinner at the Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu, May 29, 2013.

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