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Chuck Hagel
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American military veteran and former politician
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Chuck Hagel is an American politician, military personnel, and banker who served as a United States senator and United States Secretary of Defense. Born in North Platte in 1946, he is a member of the Republican Party and a citizen of the United States. He attended the University of Nebraska Omaha and has worked for Georgetown University, John Y. McCollister, and Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
Hagel served in the United States Army as a Sergeant during the Vietnam War. His military service was recognized with the Purple Heart, Commendation Medal, Gallantry Cross, and Combat Infantryman Badge. He is affiliated with the Episcopal Church and speaks English.
As an author, Hagel has published works including *Tiger among Us*, *Voices of War*, and *America*. He has also written on topics such as bilateral tax treaties. His political career included working in Washington, D.C., and he has two children.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Tiger among Us
- Voices of War
- America
- America
- Bilateral Tax Treaties and Protocol: Estonia, Latvia, Venezuela, Denmark, Lithuania, Slovenia, Italy, and Germany
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 3
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chuck+Hagel">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Does corporate social responsibility affect the cost of capital?
· 2011 · cited 2,923x
- HiGlass: web-based visual exploration and analysis of genome interaction maps
· 2018 · cited 2,321x
- Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome
· 2010 · cited 2,140x
- Quark–gluon plasma and color glass condensate at RHIC? The perspective from the BRAHMS experiment
· 2005 · cited 1,955x
- The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)
· 2017 · cited 1,644x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.”
- “If he'd been in the military, he would have learned gun safety.”
- “We are the adult power in the world. It is because of the United States, our action or inaction, that there will be a resolution here.”
- “This is a ping-pong game with American lives. These young men and women that we put in Anbar province, in Iraq, in Baghdad, are not beans. They're real lives. And we better be damn sure we know what we're doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more Americans into that grinder.”
- “If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.”
- “I believe, and always have, that America must engage — not retreat — in the world.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- President
- Barack Obama
- Deputy
- Ash Carter, Christine Fox (acting), Robert O. Work
- Preceded by
- Leon Panetta
- Succeeded by
- Ash Carter
- Born
- Charles Timothy Hagel , ( 1946-10-04 ) October 4, 1946 (age 79) , North Platte, Nebraska , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouses
- Patricia Lloyd ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 ) Lilibet Ziller ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
- Education
- Brown College (attended), University of Nebraska, Omaha ( BGS )
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- United States Army
- Years of service
- 1967–1968
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment , 9th Infantry Division
- Battles wars
- Vietnam War ( WIA )
- Awards
- Purple Heart (2), Army Commendation Medal , Vietnam Gallantry Cross , Combat Infantryman Badge
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Timothy Hagel (/ˈheɪɡəl/ HAY-gəl; born October 4, 1946) is an American politician and Army veteran who served as the 24th United States secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 in the administration of Barack Obama. He previously served as chairman of the president's Intelligence Advisory Board from 2009 to 2013 and as a United States senator representing Nebraska from 1997 to 2009.
A recipient of two Purple Hearts while an infantry squad leader in the Vietnam War, Hagel returned home to start careers in business and politics. He co-founded Vanguard Cellular, the primary source of his personal wealth, and served as president of the McCarthy Group, an investment banking firm, and CEO of American Information Systems Inc., a computerized voting machine manufacturer. A member of the Republican Party, Hagel was first elected to the United States Senate in 1996. He was reelected in 2002, but did not run in 2008.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chuck Hagel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.