← Previous revisionRevision as of 00:41, 11 October 2026 Line 49: Line 49: | module = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Opening Statement of SecDef Chuck Hagel at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the AUMF in Syria.ogg |title=Hagel's voice |type=speech |description=Hagel at a [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] hearing on the [[Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons|AUMF against Syria]].Recorded September 3, 2013}} | module = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Opening Statement of SecDef Chuck Hagel at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the AUMF in Syria.ogg |title=Hagel's voice |type=speech |description=Hagel at a [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] hearing on the [[Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons|AUMF against Syria]].Recorded September 3, 2013}} }} }} '''Charles Timothy Hagel''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|eɪ|ɡ|əl}} {{respell|HAY|gəl}};{{cite web |url=https://pronounce.voanews.com/browse-oneregion.php?region=U.S. |title=Pronounce |publisher=[[VOA News]] |access-date=December 7, 2013 }} born October 4, 1946)[http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Biographical-information-on-ex-Sen-Chuck-Hagel-4124694.php Biographical information on ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel]{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Associated Press]], published in ''[[The News-Times]]'', December 17, 2012. is an American politician and [[United States Army|Army]] veteran who served as the 24th [[United States Secretary of Defense|United States secretary of defense]] from 2013 to 2015 in the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|administration]] of [[Barack Obama]]. He previously served as chairman of the [[president's Intelligence Advisory Board]] from 2009 to 2013 and as a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] representing [[Nebraska]] from 1997 to 2009.{{cite web |url=https://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571277/chuck-hagel/ |title=Chuck Hagel - Barack Obama Administration |work=Office of the Secretary of Defense – Historical Office}} '''Charles Timothy Hagel''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|eɪ|ɡ|əl}} {{respell|HAY|gəl}};{{cite web |url=https://pronounce.voanews.com/browse-oneregion.php?region=U.S. |title=Pronounce |publisher=[[VOA News]] |access-date=December 7, 2013 }} born October 4, 1946)[http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Biographical-information-on-ex-Sen-Chuck-Hagel-4124694.php Biographical information on ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel]{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Associated Press]], published in ''[[The News-Times]]'', December 17, 2012. is an American politician, businessman and [[United States Army|Army]] veteran who served as the 24th [[United States Secretary of Defense|United States secretary of defense]] from 2013 to 2015 in the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|administration]] of [[Barack Obama]]. He previously served as chairman of the [[president's Intelligence Advisory Board]] from 2009 to 2013 and as a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] representing [[Nebraska]] from 1997 to 2009.{{cite web |url=https://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571277/chuck-hagel/ |title=Chuck Hagel - Barack Obama Administration |work=Office of the Secretary of Defense – Historical Office}} A recipient of two [[Purple Heart]]s while an infantry squad leader in the [[Vietnam War]], Hagel returned home to start careers in business and politics. He co-founded [[Vanguard Cellular]], the primary source of his personal wealth, and served as president of the McCarthy Group, an [[investment banking]] firm, and CEO of [[Election Systems & Software|American Information Systems Inc.]], a computerized voting machine manufacturer. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Hagel was first elected to the [[United States Senate]] in [[1996 United States Senate election in Nebraska|1996]]. He was reelected in [[2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska|2002]], but did not run in [[2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska|2008]]. A recipient of two [[Purple Heart]]s while an infantry squad leader in the [[Vietnam War]], Hagel returned home to start careers in business and politics. He co-founded [[Vanguard Cellular]], the primary source of his personal wealth, and served as president of the McCarthy Group, an [[investment banking]] firm, and CEO of [[Election Systems & Software|American Information Systems Inc.]], a computerized voting machine manufacturer. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Hagel was first elected to the [[United States Senate]] in [[1996 United States Senate election in Nebraska|1996]]. He was reelected in [[2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska|2002]], but did not run in [[2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska|2008]].