On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska was sworn in as secretary of defense.
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transcripts.cnn.comChuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska was sworn in as secretary of defense.
Deb Feyerick reports on Chuck Hagel's swearing-in as Secretary of Defense.
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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.
The statutory authority is the AUMF of 2001, and if you wanted to add something to that, it would probably be the AUMF of 2002.