US 'Sergeant' Hagel meets his PLA counterparts
Beijing (AFP) April 09, 2014 - Over kung pao chicken and dumplings, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel recalled his days as an infantryman in Vietnam Wednesday with young Chinese soldiers at a People's Liberation Army (PLA) training academy. "Many, many years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was a sergeant in the army," joked the visiting US defense secretary before sitting down to lunch at a canteen with soldiers training ... more

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