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STORY: U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greeted Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon with a handshake and a hug in an Honor Cordon ceremony at the Pentagon on Tuesday (October 21).

Yaalon is also meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio during his visit to the United States. He will also meet with a number of prominent Israeli leaders.