When you’re dealing in situations that are uncontrollable and combustible, you try to stabilize the situation as quickly as you can and then work toward and work out toward democratic reform.
Chuck Hagel Quotes
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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| Birth: | 4th October, 1946 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Politician |
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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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