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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, talks with Jim Sciutto, CNN's chief national security correspondent, during a session at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I., Sept. 3, 2014. Hagel answered questions about possible U.S. responses to the terrorist group ISIS and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, talks with Jim Sciutto, CNN's chief national security correspondent, during a session at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I., Sept. 3, 2014. Hagel answered questions about possible U.S. responses to the terrorist group ISIS and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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