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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (right) is greeted by U.S. Forces Korea Commanding Gen. James Thurman upon arrival in Seoul on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Mr. Hagel is expected to spend four days in South Korea for celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the ending of the Korean War before heading to Japan for ministerial meetings. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (right) along with Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of Naval Operations; Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy; and Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, render honors Tuesday during a wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial. (U.S. Navy via Associated Press)

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President Obama, flanked by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell (left) and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaks to members of the press before the start of a cabinet meeting on Sept. 12, 2013, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10, 2013, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the proposed authorization to use military force in Syria. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Barack Obama seeks congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)