Chuck Hagel actually said...

I strongly support President Obama's decision to respond to the Assad regime's chemical weapons attack.

Hagel backs Obama's decision to authorize military action against Syria.

09/09/2013

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I think the President is right to consider those.

The reason that they didn't is because they were involved in negotiations with the Russians in the U.N.

In the surge case in Iraq, we lost almost 1,200 dead Americans during that surge and thousands of wounded.

Bilateral, never unilateral. Nothing was ever suggested on a unilateral basis to take down our arsenal. Negotiated, verifiable.