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Chuck Hagel: “I always begin with the presumption that elected Presidents ought to have their official families, their cabinets.”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2005
I always begin with the presumption that elected Presidents ought to have their official families, their cabinets.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska
Source
congress.gov
Jan 18, 2005

Editor's note · Context

Hagel discusses the importance of presidential cabinet selections.

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