Chuck Hagel

WASHINGTON — America recognizes and commemorates the Vietnam War, but does not celebrate it, former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said Monday. Hagel had the honor of introducing President Barack Obama at an event kicking off a national ...  

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel helped mark a national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on Monday by focusing on the American soldiers that he and his brother Tom served alongside so many years ago.  

Josh Rogin reports on national security and foreign policy from the Pentagon to Foggy Bottom, the White House to Embassy Row, for The Cable. The Republican Party has drifted so far to the right and become so partisan in recent years that President Ronald Reagan wouldn't even want to be a part of it, former Nebraska GOP senator Chuck Hagel told The Cable. "Reagan would be stunned by the party today," Hagel said in a long interview in his office...  

Retired Senator Chuck Hagel and retired General Jim Jones addressed the subject "U.S. Security Policy After Chicago." Hagel, who served on both the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committe on Foreign Relations, rephrased the question. "What the ...  

Last week, former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO) told ThinkProgress that his party was becoming “increasingly inconsequential” and “intolerant” following the defeat of veteran Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN). Now, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has also taken aim at his party for its ideological extremism. Hagel — who served two terms in the Senate, between 1997 [...]  

Glen Freeman, who had served as an aide to former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, and railroad worker Paul Anderson. "Voters are angry and frustrated, specifically about the economy, and they seem willing to take it out on whoever the incumbent is," said University ...  

Glen Freeman, who had served as an aide to former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, and railroad worker Paul Anderson. "Voters are angry and frustrated, specifically about the economy, and they seem willing to take it out on whoever the incumbent is," said ...  

The Republican Party has drifted so far to the right and become so partisan in recent years that President Ronald Reagan wouldn't even want to be a part of it, former Nebraska GOP senator Chuck Hagel told The Cable. "Reagan would be stunned by ...  

The Republican Party has drifted so far to the right and become so partisan in recent years that President Ronald Reagan wouldn't even want to be a part of it, former Nebraska GOP senator Chuck Hagel told The Cable.  

Chuck Hagel, also joined the race. All three said they believed Terry hadn't done enough to tackle the country's massive debt and other problems. A fourth GOP candidate, Paul Anderson, raised no money and did not actively campaign.  

WASHINGTON — Nebraska's Ben Nelson and Chuck Hagel don't often see eye to eye, but both men warn of a strong antipathy within the Republican Party toward any who stray from the party line and work with Democrats.  

As former Republican U.S. Senators Chuck Hagel and John Warner beamed their approval, Obama’s Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta declared that “the time has come” for the Senate to ratify the treaty. Hagel, Warner, and Lugar share an internationalist ...  

KVNO NewsRussian Ambassador, Hagel visit UNOKVNO NewsBy Robyn Wisch, KVNO News Omaha, NE – The Russian Ambassador to the United States and former US Senator from Nebraska Chuck Hagel spoke with students at the University of Nebraska Omaha today. The two addressed a number of issues including trade ...and more »  

Everywhere you look, this guy had problems to try to dig his way out of it.” Those words were spoken by former Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican from Nebraska. Hagel, a highly decorated combat veteran, a successful serial-entrepreneur, a former two-term U ...  

The Republican Party has drifted so far to the right and become so partisan in recent years that President Ronald Reagan wouldn't even want to be a part of it, former Nebraska GOP senator Chuck Hagel told The Cable. "Reagan would be stunned by the party today," Hagel said in a long interview in his office at Georgetown University, where he now teaches. He also serves as co-chair of President Barack Obama's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board...  

Cookie crumbles: Frontier ends fresh-baked treatsOmaha World-HeraldChuck Hagel from his Georgetown University office. Hagel snacked on the cookies — baked on the planes and served near the end of flights — over scores of Midwest Airlines trips between Omaha and Washington, DC, during his two terms in office.  

If this were Vegas or NASCAR, you'd go with the leader. But this is a race where movement can occur under the surface, as it once did for Chuck Hagel and Mike Johanns and Fortenberry and Bob Kerrey. So, we'll wait for Tuesday night and watch the votes roll in.  

We were privileged to hear from Ambassador John D. Negroponte, former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and some of the leading Chinese officials in charge of education, including Vice-Minister Madame Xu Lin, Director General of Hanban/Confucius Institute ...  

The two-day graduation weekend event is a new tradition for the university. Former U.S. senator (and UNO alum) Chuck Hagel gave a graduation address to the assembled students and their family members and friends on May 4. Other who were honored during the ...  

Now he's an outlier. The Senate Republican caucus was once filled with the likes of Dick Lugar — sensible realists such as Lincoln Chafee, Chuck Hagel, George Voinovich and Olympia Snowe. Now they're all gone or going, casualties of a Republican party ...  

It deserves serious attention. I moderated a panel that featured former Senator Chuck Hagel, National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguia, UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm, and Glenn Hutchins, the co-founder of Silver Lake, a big private ...  

Admirers say that's an outrage. Former Sen. Chuck Hagel says senators "used to be proud" of their relationships with presidents. "That we have gotten to the point where that's devalued, where it's a liability, is astounding to me." But opponents ...  

The report was endorsed by Cartwright, former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a retired NATO general, an ambassador, and an ex-arms negotiator. "For the United States, deterring and defeating aggression in today's world depends a great deal less on ...  

Of his columnar bona fides, de Borchgrave writes, “Both Sen. Chuck Hagel and Marvin Kalb have described me in recent e-mails as the best American columnist in print today.” Perhaps not the most original, however. Parts of his oeuvre appear ...  

NORMAN ORNSTEIN: Republicans. It's a different culture than we saw 20 years ago or 30 years ago. And it's why people like Chuck Hagel, a very conservative Republican former senator, has decried what's gone on in own party. JUDY WOODRUFF ...  

Former Republican senator Chuck Hagel, who served 12 years in the chamber until 2008, was irate that his colleague may have been done in for his non-ideological temperament. “You’re penalized in the Republican Party today if you have a ...  

Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, who was in office from 1997 to 2009. It was Wilson, the judge-executive, who recruited Mick in 2007 to be Garrard County's first economic development director. "He's far exceeded our expectations," said Wilson ...  

Chuck Hagel lived in Virginia for 20 years. He returned to Nebraska and became a very good senator. So what's the big deal about Bob Kerrey living in New York for 12 years? Oh, that's right; he's a Democrat.