Hagel Vows Pentagon to Help Combat Iran’s ‘Malign’ Role
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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has vowed to Congress that he’ll “focus intently on countering Iran’s malign influence.”
“Serious contingency planning” by the Pentagon will complement the Obama administration’s strategy of using economic sanctions “with the objective of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,” Hagel said in previously unreleased written answers to the Senate Armed Services Committee after his January confirmation hearing.