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...Chuck Hagel, the outgoing defence secretary, says the political environment that the US faces in Afghanistan is very different to that in Iraq in 2011. “They [the Afghans] want us here....
...Turkey There was little mystery over the agenda of Chuck Hagel, US secretary of defence, when he visited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, writes Daniel Dombey....
...(Financial Times) New US defence secretary approved: Chuck Hagel escaped one political minefield on Tuesday only to walk into another, with the Senate approving his nomination to be US secretary of defence...
...Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, another Republican on the panel, said she had not decided whether to support Mr Bolton on the floor....
...Ultimately, the Democrats hope the additional information that has emerged will sway some of the more reluctant Republicans Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island...
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