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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel walks with Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of the Air Combat Command, as he arrives on Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., Feb. 25, 2014, to visit with troops. Hagel, who also visited nearby Fort Eustis, is on a three-day trip during which he will participate in NATO meetings for defense ministers in Brussels.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel walks with Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of the Air Combat Command, as he arrives on Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., Feb. 25, 2014, to visit with troops. Hagel, who also visited nearby Fort Eustis, is on a three-day trip during which he will participate in NATO meetings for defense ministers in Brussels.

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