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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, shakes hands with crew members of an Air Force E-4B aircraft before departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., on a weeklong trip to South Korea and Japan, Sept. 28, 2013.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, shakes hands with crew members of an Air Force E-4B aircraft before departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., on a weeklong trip to South Korea and Japan, Sept. 28, 2013.

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