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Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a...

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The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human ri...

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Chuck Hagel

United States Secretary of Defense

Born: 1946-10-04

Died: N/A

Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is an American military veteran and former politician who served as a United States senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009 and as the 24th United States secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 in the Obama administration. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002. He declined to run for reelection in 2008. He is often characterized as a political maverick and moderate, similar to fellow Vietnam War veteran Republican Senator John McCain.More