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Chuck Hagel: Was the policy worthy of the men and women that we were sending into battle and surely to their deaths?

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
Was the policy worthy of the men and women that we were sending into battle and surely to their deaths?
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Hagel reflects on the moral implications of military policy decisions.

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