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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, while attending a NATO defense ministerial meeting in Brussels, Feb. 26, 2014.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, while attending a NATO defense ministerial meeting in Brussels, Feb. 26, 2014.

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