Chuck Hagel: “Our relationships with these allies and partners remain extraordinarily strong.”

Planning for climate change is not some frivolous waste of time, a waste of money. It is essential to our troops and to their wellbeing, and the national security of this country.

It is a measurement. But I don't think it is the measurement. I mean, I was in a war with a lot of body counts every day. We lost everyone.

I don't believe so, because there will be a question of trust and confidence in the panel, the makeup, if it's not transparent.

Because I had the responsibility and I play my own game here. And that is because by law, I am the one official in government charged with certification with release of detainees. I take that responsibility very seriously.