Chuck Hagel: “I have made it clear I share Leon Panetta's and our Service Chiefs' serious concerns about the impact sequestration…”

The President has determined that closing it is a national security imperative.

Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in assuring U.S. national security.

When you have a national leader, our national world leader, who has left dignity behind, decency behind, honesty, integrity behind them, that's where you start.

Not everyone at the White House has agreed with me.