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Time to expand the international coalition against Islamic State, Pentagon official says

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

Watch: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns

Hagel is the first senior Obama adviser to leave the administration following the sweeping losses for Obama's party in the midterm elections. It also comes as the president's national security team has been battered by multiple foreign policy crises, include…

By Robert Burns and Julie Pace, The Associated Press

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