DePaul entered the game shooting 30.1 percent from 3-point range and Syracuse's staunch 2-3 zone defense was tied with Providence for the stingiest against the long-range game in the Big East, allowing 28.9 percent.

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And then look at the staunch defenders of Hagel's nomination: Republican Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell, Reagan's respected Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci and the first President Bush's national security adviser Brent Scowcroft.

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