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I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.

Chuck Hagel

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Chuck Hagel
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 4
Banker
Business Executive
Military Personnel
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United States Secretary Of Defense
North Platte
Nebraska
Charles Timothy Hagel
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I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't a country in the world even close to America.
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It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out.
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Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift.
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Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.
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Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.
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Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.
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This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.
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If we have to continue to live under sequestration, it will have a maximum impact on our ability to fulfill the president's strategic guidance. We can't do it all. It's as simple as that, with the limitations of the budget as severe as they are. These deep, abrupt cuts have forced us to make decisions that are not in the interest of America.
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The president of the United States is the commander in chief, and the people who work with him at the National Security Council are his arm in working with the Defense Department. And, quite frankly, they have responsibility for all of the government. We are one component of the government.
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Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.
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No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.
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[Sheehan] deserves some consideration, and I think that should have been done right from the beginning.
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I'm not sure leaders listen enough, especially to their people. And I've always thought in everything I've tried to do in my life, in the jobs I've had, is that if we can turn our transmitters off and our receivers on more often, we're better leaders and we know more of what is going on and therefore we can lead more effectively.
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It's critically important that we have governments to work with, that we have entities to work with. President Hadi has been a good partner in that, and we would hope that the next set of leaders that govern Yemen will also take the same approach to cooperation with the United States.
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The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.
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This current government in Iraq has never fulfilled the commitments it made to form a unity government with the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shia. We have worked hard with them within the confines of our ability to do that but we can't dictate to them.
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Assad must go. He's lost the legitimacy to govern.
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The recent wave of Taliban attacks has made clear that the international community must not waiver in its support for a stable, secure and prosperous Afghanistan.
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History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.
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No one person leads alone - can't do it, it's impossible. It doesn't make any sense. You need a team.
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