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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks from his Pentagon office by phone with Malaysian Defense Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, July 18, 2014, to offer his condolences for those who lost their lives in the apparent downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as it flew over eastern Ukraine.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks from his Pentagon office by phone with Malaysian Defense Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, July 18, 2014, to offer his condolences for those who lost their lives in the apparent downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as it flew over eastern Ukraine.

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