Profile
Chuck Hagel
Politician
Male
Born
Oct 4, 1946
Age
66
Hometown
Nebraska
Religion
Episcopal Church ...
Nationality
American
Alma Mater
University of Neb...
Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel is a former United States Senator from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002. In 2009, he was elected as Chairman of the Atlantic Council.
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Martha Burk: Memorial Day Shame Military Foxes Guarding The HenhouseThe Huffington Post - about 12 hours ago
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Military Lawyers Urge Hagel To Improve Guantanamo ConditionsYahoo News - 2 days ago
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On Syria, It’s Time For Obama To DecideReuters.com - May 09, 2013
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Sarwar Kashmeri: In Syria, America's National Interests Do Not Coincide With Israel'sHuffington Post - May 06, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1946
Birth
Born on October 4, 1946.
TEENAGE
1966
19 Years Old
Hagel was born in North Platte, Nebraska, the son of Betty (née Dunn) and Charles Dean Hagel. His ancestry includes German and Polish. He graduated from St. Bonaventure High School (now Scotus Central Catholic High School) in Columbus, Nebraska, the Brown Institute for Radio and Television in 1966 and the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1971.
TWENTIES
1967
20 Years Old
Hagel is a Vietnam War veteran, having served in the United States Army infantry, attaining the rank of Sergeant (E-5) from 1967 - 1968.
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1971
24 Years Old
In 1971, Hagel was hired as a staffer for Congressman John Y. McCollister (R-NE), serving until 1977.
THIRTIES
1980
33 Years Old
For the next four years, he worked as a lobbyist for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and, in 1980, he served as an organizer for the successful presidential campaign of former California Governor Ronald Reagan.
1982
35 Years Old
After Reagan's inauguration as President, Hagel was named deputy administrator of the Veterans Administration. In 1982, however, he resigned his post over a disagreement with V.A. Administrator Robert P. Nimmo, who was intent on cutting funding for V.A. programs, and who had referred to veterans groups as "greedy", and to Agent Orange as not much worse than a "little teenage acne".
FORTIES
1990
43 Years Old
After leaving government employment, Hagel co-founded Vanguard Cellular, a mobile phone manufacturer that made him a multi-millionaire. While working with Vanguard, he served as president and chief executive officer of the United Service Organizations and the Private Sector Council, as deputy director and chief operating officer of the 1990 G7 Summit, and on the board of directors or advisory committee of the American Red Cross, the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, Bread for the World, and the Ripon Society.
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Although he was pressured by some to run for Governor of Virginia, where he had lived for 20 years, in 1992 Hagel moved back to Nebraska to become president of the McCarthy Group, an investment banking firm.
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1995
48 Years Old
On March 15, 1995, Hagel resigned from the board of AIS as he intended to run for office.
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A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002.
FIFTIES
2004
57 Years Old
In August 2004, Hagel acknowledged that he was considering a presidential campaign in 2008.
On August 18, 2005, Hagel compared the Iraq War to Vietnam and openly mocked Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes".
Senator Hagel's differences with his party's platform on Iraq are reflected in a change to his voting record. As reported in: "... According to Congressional Quarterly, in 2006 he voted with the President ninety-six per cent of the time...
LATE ADULTHOOD
Hagel's support for Bush's policies declined—in 2007, he voted with the President just seventy-two per cent of the time."
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During his first campaign, Hagel indicated that, were he to be elected, he would retire in 2008 after two terms in the Senate.
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2009
62 Years Old
In 2009, he was elected as Chairman of the Atlantic Council.
In 2010, Hagel endorsed Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak in his run for the United States Senate.
2011
64 Years Old
Robert Gates remained Secretary of Defense for the Obama administration until 2011, when he was succeeded by Leon Panetta, a Democrat.
2012
65 Years Old
The story about Hagel's retaining ownership in the company that counted his own votes, and the matter of the surprising election upset (15 points of disparity between election results and polling results) is retold in an Nov, 2012 article in Harper's Magazine.
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