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
Chuck Hagel quotes about
country couple drama high john next party plain says theater
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,
party oath-of-office president
I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.
choose country knows looking party ready
No one knows what the country -- or the party -- will be looking for when we get ready to choose a new president.
defense issue leadership letters ourselves personally secretary signing ways
We're isolating ourselves in the world ... And I think that the leadership of the Pentagon has done that in many ways to us, ... This issue of a secretary of defense not personally signing these letters is just astounding.
china delicate future handled point relationship republic
We are at a very important and delicate point in our relationship with the People's Republic of China and how this is handled will go a long way as to the future of that relationship,
dissimilar locked
locked into a bogged-down problem, not dissimilar to where we were in Vietnam.
dangerous point
It does point up how dangerous this can be, ... This Week.
found prioritize serious
I think we are going to have to take a very serious look at where we are going to prioritize our resources, ... We can't do it all, just as we found out in Vietnam.
action course invite wise
I think the wise course of action, the compassionate course of action, the better course of action would have been to immediately invite her in to the ranch,
best judicial represents style
I think he represents the best of judicial prudence, style and qualifications,
counts effective john leader
John's a realist. John counts pretty well ... John's a very effective leader and politician, and mathematically you just can't get there.
century require
The 21st century will require a re-affirmation and re-definition of our alliances and international organizations.
answers driver intelligence main needed republican side whether
I was probably the main driver on the Republican side because I thought we needed the answers to whether intelligence was misused, intentionally or unintentionally,
unprepared
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.