Chuck Hagel

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** FILE ** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, appear on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at a Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. In response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, Hagel said the U.S. was stepping up joint aviation training with Polish forces. The Pentagon also is increasing American participation in NATO's air policing mission in its Baltic countries, he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, where he recommended shrinking the Army to its smallest size since the buildup to U.S. involvement in World War II in an effort to balance postwar defense needs with budget realities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. In response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, Hagel said the U.S. was stepping up joint aviation training with Polish forces. The Pentagon also is increasing American participation in NATO's air policing mission in its Baltic countries, he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)