On the recordAugust 21, 2014
Oh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. So we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that is you take a cold steely hard to look at it and get ready.
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transcripts.cnn.comOh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. So we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that is you take a cold steely hard to look at it and get ready.
Chuck Hagel comments on the unprecedented threat posed by ISIS and the need for comprehensive preparation.
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It is a measurement. But I don't think it is the measurement. I mean, I was in a war with a lot of body counts every day. We lost everyone.
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