Chuck Hagel

I'm a United States senator, not an Israeli senator.

DOD, I think in many ways has been bloated... It has gotten everything it's wanted the last 10 years and more.

The Defense Department I think in many ways has been bloated.

I disagreed with President Obama, his decision to surge in Afghanistan as I did with President Bush on the surge in Iraq.

A National Infrastructure Bank will build on our Nation's legacy of bold, innovative investments in public infrastructure.

would debase the system, so we would get to the point where we couldn't govern ourselves.

the lobbyists and operators would run wild.

be an astounding blow against good government, responsible government.

We are trying to get more people more interested in this idea of being creative, how we can finance and fund...

If we announce this in August, no one in the world will even pay any attention to this at all.

If you can't make investments in human infrastructure and physical infrastructure... then that ability to grow in the 21st century is going to be severely curtailed.

I rise today to wish happy birthday to the oldest branch of our Armed Forces, the U.S. Army. Two hundred and thirty-three years ago, June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress approved the creation of a Continental Army--10 companies of…

the Feingold-Hagel bill establishes an independent Foreign Intelligence and Information Commission, appointed by Congress, to review strategies for collection, analysis, and reporting of intelligence and diplomatic information from our…

I thank both of my distinguished colleagues for their service to our country and for their leadership on one of the most important efforts we can make on behalf of those we ask to do so much for our country. The reality is, today we are…

Here the term quagmire could apply. Some reject that term, but if that is not a quagmire, then what is?

I put the GI bill in the same universe of importance as the original Homestead Act enacted in the early 1860s which truly transformed this country. I think the original GI bill did much the same. What Senator Webb is talking about, what…

Yesterday the Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Mike McConnell, released the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear weapons program. This NIE, which represents the best collective judgment of all 16 U.S. intelligence…

I wish to acknowledge my friend, the junior Senator from Virginia, and also recognize his leadership, not just on this issue that he has framed over the last few minutes on which the Senate will be voting, as we did in July, but his years…

Are we going to continue to invest American blood and treasure at the same rate we are doing now, for what?

Mr. Presdient, I rise to express my sympathy over the loss of U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Jeffrey Chaney of Omaha, NE. Petty Officer First Class Chaney was killed on July 17 by an improvised explosive device in Salah Ad Din…

I will address the Graham resolution first. I think therein lies the most significant difference between the Graham amendment and the Hagel amendment. The Graham amendment is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. The Hagel amendment is a piece…

this amendment that Senator Levin and I offer this afternoon, joined by my distinguished colleagues, Senators Webb, Snowe, and Harry Reid, says the following: A unit of the Army, including the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve, may…

People say we’re not fighting for oil. Of course we are.

this is a sad day for all of us. Wyoming and the Senate have lost Craig Thomas. He was a neighbor. He was a friend. He was an individual whose life was committed to his country and his State. Often, when he would refer to my State of…

The war in Iraq has pushed the U.S. military to the breaking point. Our troops are being deployed longer than they should be, more frequently than they should be, and without full training and equipment. When we deploy our military, the…