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Chuck Hagel: “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…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2015
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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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Hagel discusses the reliability of body count estimates in military contexts.

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