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
responsibility political algeria
In a general way, if one cannot attribute to the Jew the whole responsibility of the situation, economic, political, and social, by which Algeria is being strangled, it is no exaggeration to recognize him as morally guilty, for the great part of his rìle here, still more than elsewhere, has consisted in corrupting, degrading, and disintegrating.
support community wave
The recent wave of Taliban attacks has made clear that the international community must not waiver in its support for a stable, secure and prosperous Afghanistan.
alliances definitions firsts
The twenty first century will require a re-affirmation and re-definition of our alliances and international organisations.
israel borders secure
No border that touches Israel is always secure.
engagement surrender appeasement
Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.
army disaster ends
Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.
animal palestinian caged
Palestinians caged up like animals.
leadership mean opportunity
Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.
baghdad airborne
You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.
social contracts wells
Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.
alliances agility problem
Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.
iran terrorism states
I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism,
government people imperfect
Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.
great-power great-nations nations
Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.