Chuck Hagel Quotes - Page 2

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• And I want every one of you, every one of us, 100 senators to look in that camera, and you tell your people back home what you think. Don't hide anymore; none of us. That is the essence of our responsibility. And if we're not willing to do it, we're not worthy to be seated right here. We fail our country. If we don't debate this, if we don't debate this, we are not worthy of our country. We fail our country.

  Chuck Hagel

  Country, Home, Responsibility

  "The Battle for Iraq; Ghosts From the Past". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. January 25, 2007.

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• I'm a supporter of Israel, always have been.

  Chuck Hagel

  Israel, Has Beens, Supporter

  "Chuck Hagel and Israel in context: A guide to his controversial statements" by Glenn Kessler, www.washingtonpost.com. January 8, 2013.

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• Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam.

  Chuck Hagel

  War, Iraq, Choices

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• This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.

  Chuck Hagel

  Political, Settlement, Syria

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• 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.

  Chuck Hagel

  Support, Community, Wave

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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.

  Chuck Hagel

  Life, Thinking, Risk

  "Lawmakers defend failed hostage rescue mission in Yemen" By Sara Fischer, www.cnn.com. December 7, 2014.

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• The twenty first century will require a re-affirmation and re-definition of our alliances and international organisations.

  Chuck Hagel

  Twenties, Alliances, Definitions

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• There's always a balance, I think, any administration has to find in not just the military but in any agency of government.

  Chuck Hagel

  Military, Thinking, Agency

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I believe, and always have, that America must engage - not retreat - in the world.

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  Believe, America, World

  Chuck Hagel's opening remarks to the Senate Armed Services Committee, www.nytimes.com. January 31, 2013.

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• If America is to succeed in responding to these 21st Century challenges, our political system cannot continue to bog down in the mire of partisan gamesmanship.

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  America, Political, Challenges

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• It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out.

  Chuck Hagel

  War, Easy, Easy To Get

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• I don't get into the book-telling business of conversations I have with the president. That's not my style, and I don't think that's a responsible thing to do.

  Chuck Hagel

  Book, Thinking, Style

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.

  Chuck Hagel

  Democracy, Dice, Force

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• Palestinians caged up like animals.

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  Animal, Palestinian, Caged

  "Was Chuck Hagel ‘Just Plain Bad’ in His Confirmation Hearing?" by Robert Naiman, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2013.

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

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  Iran, Terrorism, States

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• I'm the first secretary of defense that's had to deal with sequestration. I've prepared two budgets that deal with sequestration. And you bring the chiefs together, the leadership of this enterprise together, to work through, how do we then take these cuts? Where do we apply those cuts? Readiness is the first thing that suffers.

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  Cutting, Two, Suffering

  Source: www.wbur.org

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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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  Should Have, Ideas, President

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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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  Social, Contracts, Wells

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

  Chuck Hagel

  Baghdad, Airborne

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• 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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  Cutting, Simple, Impact

  Source: www.wbur.org

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

  Chuck Hagel

  Army, Disaster, Ends

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• The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

  Chuck Hagel

  Democracy, United States, Found

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. February 6, 2012.

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

  Chuck Hagel

  Military, Supportive, Lgbt

  "Hagel apologizes for slur". www.politico.com. December 21, 2012.

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• I’m a United States senator. I’m not an Israeli senator.

  Chuck Hagel

  United States, Israeli, Senators

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• The Bush administration must understand that each American has a right to question our policies in Iraq and elsewhere, and should not be demonized or condemned for disagreeing with them. Suggesting that to challenge and criticize policy is undermining and hurting our troops is not democratic, nor what this country has stood for over 200 years.

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  Country, Hurt, Years

  "Cheney raps Democrats on war charges", www.cnn.com. November 17, 2005.

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