Chuck Hagel actually said...

If the President asks for a recommendation on any of this, yes, we will be prepared, but we also have to factor into that: at what cost is this going to be for the men and women having to fight that war?

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Hagel discusses the need to consider the human cost of military actions.

04/16/2013

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