SINGAPORE (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned an international security conference Saturday that the U.S. “will not look the other way” when nations such as China try to restrict navigation or ...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s trip to China this week had several purposes. One of them, as reported by the New York Times, was a real head-scratcher. According to the Times, Hagel was there to ...

Hagel gets a tour of the noncommissioned officer academy in Beijing on Wednesday. Hagel was invited back to teach by one soldier, though he demurred. “I don’t know if I’d be qualified for that,” he ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel talked tough during a visit to China on Tuesday, NBC News reported. Hagel warned that conflict over a collection of disputed islands could eventually erupt into a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he will visit China next year as part of a push to increase high-level contacts between senior U.S. and Chinese defense leaders. At a Pentagon ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's ambassador to the United States on Thursday played down the tense exchange this week in Beijing between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Chinese counterpart and ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, the first major change to President Barack Obama's Cabinet since his Democrats were routed in midterm elections three weeks ago. Obama announced ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens to Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, right, China's deputy chief of general staff, during the start of their meeting Saturday in Singapore. Hagel warned an ...