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1. News - World - MIDDLE EAST

   Hagel and Netanyahu discuss Iran nuclear threat

   Posted Apr 23rd 2013, 05:01pm by Agence France-Presse in Jerusalem

   ... by Iran’s nuclear programme and Hagel dogged by his past criticisms of Israel, the Pentagon chief has stressed his full-throated support for the Jewish state in his first visit as defence secretary. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1221508/hagel-and-netanyahu-discuss-iran-nuclear-threat
2. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Hagel tells US military to brace for further belt-tightening

   Posted Apr 04th 2013, 02:56pm by Reuters in Washington

   ... News World US Defence Chuck Hagel Reuters in Washington Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel warned the US military to brace for more belt-tightening on Wednesday as he conducts a review that could cut the number of generals, pare back the civilian workforce and stem the spiraling cost of new weapons. Hagel, in his first major policy speech as Pentagon chief, told students ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1206965/hagel-tells-us-military-brace-further-belt-tightening
3. News - Asia - KOREA

   US says North Korea cutting of military hotline ‘provocative’

   Posted Mar 28th 2013, 08:46am by Agence France-Presse in Washington

   ... News Asia North Korea Chuck Hagel Hotline Agence France-Presse in Washington US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel promised “unwavering” support from the United States to its ally South Korea on Wednesday after North Korea severed a military hotline with Seoul. During a call with his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-Jin, Hagel “reaffirmed the strength of the alliance, which has been, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1201624/us-says-north-korea-cutting-military-hotline-provocative
4. News - World

   Chuck Hagel in line for Pentagon

   Posted Dec 15th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Chuck Hagel defence secretary Pentagon Agence France-Presse in Washington US President Barack Obama is considering former Republican senator Chuck Hagel for the job of defence secretary as he moves towards appointing his second-term cabinet, sources said. But Obama, who served with Hagel in the Senate, has not made a final decision on whether to send his friend ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1105660/chuck-hagel-line-pentagon
5. News - World - US POLITICS

   Obama likely to tap ex-Republican senator Chuck Hagel as defence secretary

   Posted Jan 06th 2013, 12:00am by MCT

   ... News World Chuck Hagel US Defence Secretary Barack Obama McClatchy-Tribune in Washington President could nominate former Republican senator as early as this week, officials said US President Barack Obama was expected to nominate Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator and Vietnam veteran, to be defence secretary, officials said, setting up a confirmation battle with lawmakers ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1120809/obama-likely-tap-ex-republican-senator-chuck-hagel-defence-secretary
6. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Hagel, Kerry on last mission for Vietnam generation

   Posted Jan 09th 2013, 02:49pm by Agence France-Presse in Washington

   ... News World John Kerry Chuck Hagel Vietnam generation Agence France-Presse in Washington America’s Vietnam War generation has one, unlikely, final run at power, after President Barack Obama turned to his elders Chuck Hagel and John Kerry to run second-term national security policy. The societal poison stirred by Vietnam embittered almost every US election between 1968 and 2004, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1123766/hagel-kerry-last-mission-vietnam-generation
7. News - World - SYRIA

   US rethinking its opposition to arming Syrian rebels

   Posted May 04th 2013, 12:00am by Reuters

   ... News World Syrian Civil War Free Syrian Army Arms Control Chuck Hagel Reuters in Washington The United States is rethinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels, President Barack Obama's defence chief said, even as Obama himself signalled that no decision to deepen US involvement in the conflict was imminent. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel cautioned on Thursday that giving ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1229444/us-rethinking-its-opposition-arming-syrian-rebels
8. News - World - SYRIA

   US suspects Assad used chemical weapons

   Posted Apr 26th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... experience, intelligence assessments alone are not sufficient US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaking in Abu Dhabi, said the decision to release the intelligence report had been “made within ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1223318/us-suspects-assad-used-chemical-weapons
9. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Hagel draws fire as Obama’s Pentagon pick

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 08:55pm by AFP

   ... appointments. “Chuck Hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. He is an American patriot,” the president said, heaping praise on a war hero whose wounds earned him two Purple Heart medals ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1123192/hagel-draws-fire-obamas-pentagon-pick
10. News - World - UNITED STATES

    Obama set to nominate Hagel as defence secretary, Brennan as CIA chief

    Posted Jan 07th 2013, 12:52pm by AFP

    ... News World Chuck Hagel US Defence Secretary John Brennan Leon Panetta Pentagon Agencies in Washington US President Barack Obama was set to nominate Republican Chuck Hagel as his next defence secretary and White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan as the new CIA director on Monday, a senior administration official said. Hagel, the 66-year-old former maverick Republican ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1121985/obama-set-nominate-hagel-defence-secretary-brennan-cia-chief

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