April 3 Photo Brief: Chuck Hagel, controversial kangaroo cull, International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

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Chuck Hagel on challenges facing the Department of Defense, controversial kangaroo cull, International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action falls on April 4 and more in today’s daily brief. Warning: Photos may depict death or injury.

Pentagon sends missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat
Reuters, 2:59 p.m. EDT, April 3, 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was sending an advanced ballistic missile defense system to Guam in the coming weeks, as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel cited a “real and clear” danger from North Korea.

North Korea has singled out U.S. military bases in Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, and Hawaii among its potential targets in threats in recent weeks that have put the Korean peninsula on edge and triggered a change in the U.S. defense posture and missile defense planning.

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