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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The second question here is: Who is doing all of the fighting? This is also a societal issue. Should we continue to burden the middle class, who represents most all of our soldiers, and the lower-middle class?
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To not question . . . is unpatriotic.
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To question your government is not unpatriotic -- to not question your government is unpatriotic, ... America owes its men and women in uniform a policy worthy of their sacrifices.
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There needs to be a lot of questions asked -- where is that $87 billion going? How much more do you have to go in for? ... We didn't ask those questions in the spring when we passed the $70 billion supplemental. America needs to have those questions asked, and we deserve to know.
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It becomes a question as to what can the U.S. and our allies do, what should we do, what action, what option do we have?
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I don't think that any of our friends want to see a helicopter raid at midnight and rockets going in there without some sense of coordination and coalition building that I think is vital because then you have to ask the next question always: 'What happens next?'
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The fundamental question is, 'What comes next?' ... Meet the Press.
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What's going to be critically important is this election coming up in December, which will, in fact, elect a permanent Iraqi government, a government that was not installed by the United States or outside forces, but the Iraqi people will elect that government,
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The Saudis have been an important ally to the United States over the years,
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The STOP Underage Drinking Act will provide the resources necessary to educate young people about the dangers of underage drinking.
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The time for healing has arrived, and Congressman Peterson is the one to lead us in that direction.
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It would bog us down, it would further destabilize the Middle East, it would give Iran more influence, it would hurt Israel, it would put our allies over there in Saudi Arabia and Jordan in a terrible position. It won't be four years. We need to be out.
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The road to Arab-Israeli peace will not likely go through Baghdad, as some may claim.
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And you just don't go around doing the things that he's done and saying the things that he said and thinking that the Senate or the chairman with the jurisdiction of his confirmation is going to open up a hearing automatically. So he has to do some work himself and that work should be done directly with Chairman Helms,