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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america government owes policy question uniform women worthy
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.
question
To not question . . . is unpatriotic.
america asked billion deserve needs passed questions spring
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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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?
allies becomes option question
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?
ask building coalition happens helicopter midnight next question raid rockets vital
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?'
meet question
The fundamental question is, 'What comes next?' ... Meet the Press.
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.
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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,