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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with Ihor Tenyukh, Ukraine's acting defense minister, over the phone while in his office at the Pentagon, March 7, 2014.

Hagel Talks With Ukraine's Acting Defense Minister by Phone

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with Ihor Tenyukh, Ukraine's acting defense minister, over the phone while in his office at the Pentagon, March 7, 2014.

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