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Chuck Hagel's trip to Asia will bolster Obama administration's pivot toward the Pacific
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Joseph Morton
WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel is headed to China.
It will be his first visit to the country as defense secretary, although the former Republican senator from Nebraska was there on business as far back as the early 1980s.
The Pentagon on Thursday announced the trip, which will follow a conference that Hagel is hosting next week in Hawaii for Southeast Asian defense ministers.
He also will make stops in Japan and Mongolia on this swing, which aides said shows how seriously Hagel takes the pivot toward that part of the world.
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Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20140328/NEWS/140328690/1685#chuck-hagel-s-trip-to-asia-will-bolster-obama-administration-s-pivot-toward-the-pacific
