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I think this is the biggest lesson a president or any of us who has responsibility to govern have to learn: There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction.
Chuck Hagel
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Chuck Hagel
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 4
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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.
Chuck Hagel
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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I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.
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I'm a supporter of Israel, always have been.
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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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Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.
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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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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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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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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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[Sheehan] deserves some consideration, and I think that should have been done right from the beginning.
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No border that touches Israel is always secure.
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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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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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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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Desperate men do desperate things when you take hope away. And that's where the Palestinians are today.
Chuck Hagel
This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.
Chuck Hagel
Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.
Chuck Hagel
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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I don't think it's a matter of going back and having a review of our process. Our process is about as thorough as there can be. Is it imperfect? Yes. Is there risk? Yes, but we start with the fact that we have an American that's being held hostage and that American's life is in danger and that's where we start. And then we proceed from there.
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