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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivers remarks as Navy Secretary Ray Mabus looks during a briefing at the Pentagon, March 18, 2014. Hagel and Mabus addressed plans to implement changes following the Washington Navy Yard shooting investigations and reviews. During the Sept. 16, 2013, shooting, a civilian contractor killed 12 employees and wounded several others at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters building before being killed by police.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivers remarks as Navy Secretary Ray Mabus looks during a briefing at the Pentagon, March 18, 2014. Hagel and Mabus addressed plans to implement changes following the Washington Navy Yard shooting investigations and reviews. During the Sept. 16, 2013, shooting, a civilian contractor killed 12 employees and wounded several others at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters building before being killed by police.

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