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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel briefs the press en route to Singapore, May 30, 2013. Hagel is traveling to speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue, which he helped to found as a U.S. senator in 2002, before heading to Brussels for a NATO ministerial.

PRESS BRIEFING

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel briefs the press en route to Singapore, May 30, 2013. Hagel is traveling to speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue, which he helped to found as a U.S. senator in 2002, before heading to Brussels for a NATO ministerial.

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