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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel holds a photograph of his horse as Mongolian Defense Minister Dashdemberal Bat-Erden looks on at the Mongolian Ministry of Defense in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, April 10, 2014. The horse is a traditional Mongolian gift to visiting dignitaries and is renamed during the gifting ceremony. Hagel renamed the horse Shamrock after his high school mascot.

Hagel Holds Photo of Gift Horse in Mongolia

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel holds a photograph of his horse as Mongolian Defense Minister Dashdemberal Bat-Erden looks on at the Mongolian Ministry of Defense in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, April 10, 2014. The horse is a traditional Mongolian gift to visiting dignitaries and is renamed during the gifting ceremony. Hagel renamed the horse Shamrock after his high school mascot.

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