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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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,
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during a time when in fact we had a policy that was losing. And the members of Congress were interestingly silent and absent in asking tough questions. As long as I'm a United States senator, I will do everything I can to ensure that we have a policy worthy of these brave young men and women who are sacrificing their lives and doing the things that they do for this country. I don't think that policy is there today.
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The road to Arab-Israeli peace will not likely go through Baghdad, as some may claim.
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The Saudis have been an important ally to the United States over the years,
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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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North Korea is a different situation as well, ... Different area, different dynamics, different leader, different possibilities. Syria is different from Iraq. Each of these nations must be dealt with based on their own specific situation.
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This is not a responsible way to discuss this measure. It could create a vacuum.
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This is not how you win the people of the world over to our side, especially the Muslim world.
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any straight-thinking American, any straight-thinking citizen of the world.
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Any recommendations regarding climate policy must meet the demands of economic growth and development, especially in the developing world.
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The United States may not become a primary, direct consumer of the oil and natural gas exports from Eurasia. But developing these reserves and bringing them to the world markets is a strategic, geopolitical, economic and energy interest for the United States,
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We very much appreciate Kuwait's recent contributions, significant contributions, offering half a billion dollars to the victims of Hurricane Katrina,
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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,
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I really think that the proper role for Saudi Arabia or for any other country in the region is to help them, not critique them. And I've made that point very clear to countries in the region.