Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel
Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel is an American politician who was the 24th United States Secretary of Defense for two years in the Obama administration. He previously served as United States Senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 October 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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We were unprepared for what we were going to face, what we are facing, in a post-Saddam Iraq. And this is just one more manifestation of the problem.
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John's not going to put this country and this party through some high theater and high drama ... that's not his style, John is straightforward, says it plain and that's what he will do here, I suspect, in the next couple of days,
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John's a realist. John counts pretty well ... John's a very effective leader and politician, and mathematically you just can't get there.
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The 21st century will require a re-affirmation and re-definition of our alliances and international organizations.
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I don't know where he's going to get these troops, ... There won't be any National Guard left ... no Army Reserve left ... there is no way America is going to have 100,000 troops in Iraq, nor should it, in four years.
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If we, in fact -- as the president says and I agree -- are in a generational war here against terrorism, it's going to require resources. The mission must match the resources,
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I don't have any qualms about him unless something obviously comes out of nowhere. I doubt that's going to happen, ... I think he represents the best of judicial prudence and style and records and qualifications.
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I'd like to see somebody, day to day, minute to minute, in that thing, right now, trying to bring it together, ... Late Edition.
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No one knows what the country -- or the party -- will be looking for when we get ready to choose a new president.
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No one knows how many millions of dollars have been tucked away for special projects for individual members behind a curtain.
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China's leaders will not achieve their long-term goal of social stability and continued economic development without building a future that includes human rights for all Chinese citizens.
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I look forward to enthusiastically supporting his nomination,
concerned individual power
I have always been concerned about centralization of power and eroding individual rights.
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I have met her, but beyond that, I really haven't worked with her. I know very little about her.