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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Icelandic foreign affairs minister, at the Pentagon, April 11, 2014. Hagel talked with Sveinsson during a meeting U.S. Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine H. Fox hosted for the visiting minister.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Icelandic foreign affairs minister, at the Pentagon, April 11, 2014. Hagel talked with Sveinsson during a meeting U.S. Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine H. Fox hosted for the visiting minister.

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