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Chuck Hagel loses battle against kitchen cabinet

By Chad Merda

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel might want to stay out of the kitchen for a while.

Hagel showed up Tuesday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. sporting a huge bandage on his face after a “minor kitchen mishap.”

That “mishap” involved a kitchen cabinet, and the cabinet clearly won.

Re: bandage on Hagel's face, defense official tells @ckubeNBC the Secretary was involved in a "minor kitchen mishap" pic.twitter.com/AUELgFJdhl
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) November 11, 2014

More from @ckubeNBC: Hagel accidentally hit his face on an open kitchen cabinet, did not require stitches https://t.co/Nd4JvaiVbT
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) November 11, 2014

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