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måndag, januari 07, 2013

Defense secretary

President Obama plans on Monday to nominate Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska and Vietnam veteran, to lead the Pentagon as Defense secretary, according to two sources familiar with the nomination process./USATODAY

Wikipedia: Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is an American politician and former United States Senator from Nebraska. A recipient of two Purple Hearts from his time as an infantry squad leader in the Vietnam War, Hagel returned home to start a career in politics and business, making millions as a co-founder of Vanguard Cellular. A member of the Republican Party, Hagel was first elected to the Senate in 1996. He was reelected in 2002 and then retired in 2008. Hagel is currently a professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, the chairman of the Atlantic Council, and co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. In January 2013, major media outlets reported that Hagel would be nominated to serve as Secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama


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