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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was a national tragedy partly because members of Congress failed their country, remained silent and lacked the courage to challenge the administrations in power until it was too late.
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We took a day and a half to make sure that no millionaires could oust any of my colleagues from their seats, ... And many of my colleagues used terms like, 'my seat,' 'our seat,' don't let anybody threaten that, of course.
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Trust and confidence in the United States has been seriously eroded. The United States should begin drawing down forces in Iraq next year.
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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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Politics or ideology must not get in the way of sound planning.
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The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform.
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I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.
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The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.
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I’m a United States senator. I’m not an Israeli senator.
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It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out.
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I'm a supporter of Israel, always have been.
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Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.
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Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.
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No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.