Chuck Hagel actually said...

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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Chuck Hagel comments on the unprecedented threat posed by ISIS and the need for comprehensive preparation.

08/21/2014

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