Chuck Hagel is a former secretary of defense under President Barack Obama, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, and a member of Issue One’s Council for Responsible Social Media.

Senators John McCain and Chuck Hagel are old friends, both decorated Vietnam veterans, and they agree on many controversial things, from the overreach of neoconservatives in the early 2000s to the ...

Watching the Senate Armed Services Committee interact Thursday with former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel—President Obama’s candidate to be secretary of defense—was a profoundly depressing experience.

Sens. Mark Pryor and John Boozman want to save the 188th Fighter Wing. The Arkansas Air National Guard unit stationed at the Fort Smith Air National Guard Station faces a possible cut under the ...

Update at 5:04 p.m. ET. Committee Approves Confirmation: Voting along party lines, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve the nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to be the ...

Chuck Hagel, the former two-term GOP Senator from Nebraska, is likely to be President Barack Obama’s next pick for Secretary of Defense, a former Pentagon official told NBC News. A White House insider ...

Senate Republicans signaled Tuesday afternoon that they may put up a fight if Barack Obama nominates former Nebraska Republican senator Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense. Asked about Hagel’s 2008 ...

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) said last week that while she opposed defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, she would ultimately not join a filibuster of his nomination. “I have the information I need,” ...

As President Obama proposes a new security team, fellow Republicans are unloading on former Senator Chuck Hagel, the choice for secretary of defense. Nebraska’s former Senator, Chuck Hagel, is ...

MoveOn.org called Army General David Patraeus "General BetrayUs." Rush Limbaugh called Nebraska's decorated Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel, "Senator BetrayUs." We talk about name calling, presidential ...