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I believe, and always have, that America must engage — not retreat — in the world.

— Chuck Hagel

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Source: Transcript: Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense, submitted by Robert Naiman on February 1, 2013 at Justforeignpolicy.org, accessed February 10, 2013.
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