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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on the administration's strategy and military campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Nov. 13, 2014. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also testified.

HILL TESTIMONY

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on the administration's strategy and military campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Nov. 13, 2014. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also testified.

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