Read more Chuck Hagel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/596/chuck-hagel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:47:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46347/politicians-well-miss-in-2009.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe election is over, a political era is ending, and a number of this year's frequent headline-makers will step out of the spotlight in 2009. Politico gets misty-eyed about its favorites: Dick Cheney: Who else would tell a senior senator to “go f*** himself”? Who else, when asked about the...http://www.newser.com/story/46347/politicians-well-miss-in-2009.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Dec 2008 12:29:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42962/gop-picks-for-obamas-team-of-rivals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama talks a good game about bipartisanship. But now that he’s staffing up, it’s time to see if he walks the walk. The Wall Street Journal runs through some potential GOP appointees: Jim Leach. This former Iowa congressman was chosen to help represent the president-elect at the G-20. He’s...http://www.newser.com/story/42962/gop-picks-for-obamas-team-of-rivals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Nov 2008 8:26:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42622/clinton-rumored-on-short-list-for-secretary-of-state.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Washington rumor mill has spit out an interesting item: Barack Obama may be considering erstwhile archrival Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, the Post reports. Obama is not pleased with names floated for the position, including Sens. John Kerry and Chuck Hagel and Gov. Bill Richardson. Clinton might salve...http://www.newser.com/story/42622/clinton-rumored-on-short-list-for-secretary-of-state.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Nov 2008 15:18:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41055/foreign-policy-drove-wedge-between-hagel-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough Chuck Hagel and John McCain have plenty in common as Republican senators and Vietnam veterans, the Nebraskan says foreign policy is why he’s not on board. “In good conscience, I could not enthusiastically—honestly—go out and endorse him,” Hagel tells the New Yorker , “when we so fundamentally disagree...http://www.newser.com/story/41055/foreign-policy-drove-wedge-between-hagel-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Oct 2008 19:25:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33481/obama-iso-vp-who-can-govern.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama won’t pick a veep based on trying to win a specific region, he said today on Meet the Press . Instead, he’ll focus on “somebody who can help me govern,” Politico reports. The Dem also complimented both Clintons, saying the former first lady “would be on anybody’s short list....http://www.newser.com/story/33481/obama-iso-vp-who-can-govern.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Jul 2008 13:09:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33395/brzezinski-down-on-idea-of-afghan-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe presidential candidates seem to agree that Afghanistan needs a troop surge, but Zbigniew Brzezinski doesn’t. Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, now a Barack Obama backer, says he's concerned that the US is “literally running the risk of unintentionally doing what the Russians did,” and being perceived as an invading...http://www.newser.com/story/33395/brzezinski-down-on-idea-of-afghan-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jul 2008 17:25:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32940/obama-arrives-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama landed in Basra today and headed to Baghdad for the latest leg of his world tour, the Washington Post reports. The candidate, who made a brief stop in Kuwait last night after 2 days in Afghanistan, will meet with US commanders and Iraqi officials and speak with US...http://www.newser.com/story/32940/obama-arrives-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Jul 2008 4:49:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32854/obama-meets-afghan-leaders-reiterates-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama met today with officials from one of Afghanistan’s most hard-fought regions, the AP reports, and re-iterated his commitment to intensifying US efforts there if elected president. Together with Chuck Hagel and Jack Reed, Obama visited Jalalabad Air Field in Nangarhar province. Nangarhar lies next to the Pakistani border,...http://www.newser.com/story/32854/obama-meets-afghan-leaders-reiterates-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Jul 2008 14:03:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32795/vp-picks-lieberman-hagel-disasters-for-party-bases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith talk that John McCain and Barack Obama could pick Joe Lieberman and Chuck Hagel, respectively, to round out their tickets, liberal and conservative stalwarts tell Politico the aisle-crossing VPs would likely wreak havoc with the parties’ bases. While each has broken with his party on Iraq, Lieberman is far...http://www.newser.com/story/32795/vp-picks-lieberman-hagel-disasters-for-party-bases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jul 2008 16:07:41 CDT