Chuck Hagel Quotes

• I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.

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• I am fully supportive of ‘open service’ and committed to LGBT military families.

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• Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

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• Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.

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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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• 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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• Our foreign policy needs to support our energy, economic, defense and domestic policies. It all falls within the arch of national interest. There will be windows of opportunity, but they will open and close quickly.

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• Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

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• I’m not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he’s going to get us to solvency. I do that.

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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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• The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform.

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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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• You can’t just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.

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Chuck Hagel (33)

Birth:	4th October, 1946
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel was born in North Platte, Nebraska. He is an American politician who was the 24th United States Secretary of Defense for two years in the Obama administration. He previously served as United States Senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009. He earned a BA degree in history at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1971.

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