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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington D.C., Sept. 10, 2013. Hagel testified with Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to seek congressional approval for a limited military strike in Syria in response to its government’s alleged use of chemical weapons.

HAGEL TESTIFIES

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington D.C., Sept. 10, 2013. Hagel testified with Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to seek congressional approval for a limited military strike in Syria in response to its government’s alleged use of chemical weapons.

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