Former US Senator Chuck Hagel, US President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in ...

“They are representing America,” Mr. Hagel said in an interview with The Omaha World-Herald. “They are representing our lifestyle, our values, our standards. And I think it is an inhibiting factor to ...

Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is "likely" to be named the next Secretary of Defense by President Obama, Bloomberg is now reporting. Hagel visited the White House to discuss the position December 4, ...

For the third time in 15 years, a Democratic President has turned to a member of the Republican Party to run his Pentagon. On Monday afternoon, President Obama nominated former Senator Chuck Hagel of ...

Barack Obama, we have been told by his admirers on the Left and Right, is an instinctive centrist, a moderate always ready to negotiate compromises, a politician deeply interested in the nuances of ...

The debate over whether Chuck Hagel should be appointed defense secretary has centered on his sometimes critical views of Israel. But that's the wrong issue. The question is whether Hagel is the right ...

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA, potentially setting up a ...

President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be his defense secretary and an announcement could come on Monday, a Democratic congressional aide said. The choice will ...

Hagel is the first Vietnam veteran to serve as US defense secretary. His first job was as at a drive-in restaurant as a car-hop; he was 9 years old. An injury caused him to lose a football scholarship ...

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s departure is not good news for a military already struggling to absorb ever more budget cuts on top of ever rising demands and a Pentagon bureaucracy unsure about ...

Here’s a fact sheet circulating Capitol Hill, and in high level Democratic circles, which rounds up how people and organizations are reacting to the rumors that Chuck Hagel will be nominated as the ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, the first major change to President Barack Obama's Cabinet since his Democrats were routed in midterm elections three weeks ago. Obama announced ...