Chuck Hagel seeks to increase ties with Mongolia

By Lolita Baldor

Published April 10, 2014 11:43am ET

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Chuck Hagel seeks to increase ties with Mongolia — U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, is presented with a horse as a gift by Mongolian Defense Minister Bat-Erdene Dashdemberel, right, at the Mongolian Ministry of Defense, Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool) | Alex Wong

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) — After days of high-profile, pressure-filled meetings, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got to horse around a bit during a short stop in Mongolia on Thursday.

Following a time-honored tradition, Mongolian Defense Minister Bat-Erdene Dashdemberel presented Hagel with a buckskin-colored horse in a ceremony in front of that country’s defense ministry. Hagel, who was wrapping up a 10-day trip to the Asia-Pacific region, named the horse Shamrock.

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