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...Chuck Hagel, the last US defence secretary to visit China, said Mr Mattis would be unlikely to secure any U-turn....
...Asked at a press conference on Thursday about conducting strikes in Syria, Mr Hagel said “we continue to explore all options regarding Isis and how best we can assist our partners.”...
...Mr Hagel said the US had to prepare “for everything, and the only way you do (that is to) take a cold, steely hard look at it, and get ready”....
...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....
...Chuck Hagel, defence secretary, announced he will nominate Mr Rogers, whom he said has “already demonstrated his leadership and deep expertise in this critical domain”....
...The letter, sent in late November, was addressed to John Kerry, the secretary of state, Chuck Hagel, the defence secretary, and James Clapper, the director of national intelligence....
...His nomination, which has so far been a smoother ride than Mr Hagel’s, now passes to the full Senate....
...The president, Mr Biden, Mr Kerry and Mr Hagel are former senators....
...Mr Hagel’s critics say he is antagonistic to Israel and soft on efforts to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme, making him unsuitable for the post....
...He did not consult Mr Kerry or Chuck Hagel, defence secretary....
...“We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfil and comply with whatever option the president wishes to take,” Mr Hagel said....
...John Kerry, the secretary of state, appeared on Tuesday afternoon with Chuck Hagel, the Pentagon chief, before a hastily convened hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with the Chairman...
...Chuck Hagel earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam and took on George W....
...The hearings underlined how Mr Hagel is more than just Barack Obama’s nominee to be secretary of defence....
...The president’s decision on Saturday to ask Congress to support the move caught even his closest advisers by surprise with neither Mr Kerry nor Chuck Hagel, defence secretary, consulted....
...Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate minority leader, was more measured in his comments on Mr Hagel’s nomination than Mr Graham....
...Speaking to reporters on a trip to Indonesia on Monday, Chuck Hagel, US defence secretary, said Washington would take action against Syria only in concert with the international community and within a legal...
...Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations who worked in the George H.W. Bush administration, responded that it was “preposterous” to accuse Mr Hagel of anti-Semitism....
...Mr Hagel has importance beyond budgets....
...While the arguments surrounding Mr Hagel have focused on Israel and Iran, his immediate task, if confirmed, will be to manage cuts to the Pentagon budget....
...Mr Hagel, a former Republican senator, is often described as a “mainstream” policy maker....
...Chuck Hagel, the US defence secretary, spoke with army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sision on Thursday....
...As a senator from Nebraska, Mr Hagel voted in favour of the war in Iraq, but he soon became one of its strongest critics in Congress....
...Therefore, US defence secretary Chuck Hagel is probably right to acknowledge that North Korea is a “real and clear danger”....
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