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U.S. Defense Policy in the Middle East Michael Stein Address on U.S. Middle East Policy

by Chuck Hagel
May 6, 2013
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel delivered keynote remarks at the Institute's 2013 Soref Symposium in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2013. 

Download Secretary Hagel's prepared remarks (PDF)

Download a transcript of Secretary Hagel's conversation with Institute executive director Robert Satloff (PDF)

HagelPreparedRemarks20130509.pdf
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