10 things you need to know today: November 7, 2014

U.S. troops in Iraq
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1. U.S. acknowledges hundreds were exposed to chemical weapons in Iraq

More than 600 U.S. service members may have been exposed to chemical agents in Iraq since 2003, according to the Pentagon. An investigation by The New York Times uncovered 17 of these cases, but Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered a review of the issue and found that the number of those affected by sarin gas or a sulfur mustard agent were actually in the hundreds.

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Laura Colarusso is a freelance journalist based in Boston. She has previously written for Newsweek, The Boston Globe, the Washington Monthly and The Daily Beast.