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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel stories: 27 news summaries

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Bush Picks Ex-Governor to Head the Farm Team

Schafer could overhaul way Agricultural Department does business

Oct 31, 07 9:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Edward Schafer has extolled the virtues of smaller government, but he is President Bush’s nominee to head the mammoth Agriculture Department, which employs more than 100,000 people and spends $90 billion a year. If approved by the Senate, the former North Dakota governor would likely be thrust into... More »

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Chuck Hagel • North Dakota • farmer • Mike Johanns • Edward Schafer • farm bill • Department of Agriculture • George W. Bush

GOP Doves
Risk Seats

Lawmakers who backed Iraq troop withdrawals face reelection battles on home front

Oct 21, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The handful of Republican lawmakers who have supported a withdrawal of troops from Iraq may soon find themselves out of a job if GOP loyalists have their way. Republicans like Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. of North Carolina, and Maryland's Wayne Gilchrest are facing tough new challenges from pro-war primary... More »

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Chuck Hagel • Iraq pullout • GOP • Walter B. Jones, Jr. • Wayne Gilchrest • anti war Republicans • Iraq war

Petraeus on Iraq: No Exit

Question haunts congressional hearings

Sep 12, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When David Petraeus led the 101st Airborne into Iraq in 2003, he made a rhetorical request: "Tell me how this ends." That question hung in the air during 2 days of testimony before Congress. McClatchy's Newspapers' Warren Strobel summarizes press sentiment when he concludes that the general failed... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Chuck Hagel • troop surge • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • John Warner • testimony • Bill Nelson • Lindsey Graham

Hagel Bows Out of '08 Race

Senator had promised to serve just two terms, will not seek White House

Sep 8, 07 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - GOP hopes to stop the Dems in next year's election took another hit today as aides announced Chuck Hagel's retirement from the Senate. They also dashed rumors that he will run for the White House on an Independent ticket alongside Michael Bloomberg. Hagel’s departure leaves the GOP with 22... More »

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Republican • Chuck Hagel • Senate • GOP • Election 2008 • Iraq war

Senate Nixes Limits on Iraq Deployments

Webb's proposal tests congress's support
for pullout plans

Jul 11, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate failed to push through an amendment to a military appropriations bill that would have drastically cut troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, effectively slicing the number of troops on the ground. The measure, cosponsored by Virginia Democrat Jim Webb and increasingly fractious Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, fell... More »

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Iraq • Jim Webb • Chuck Hagel • Iraq pullout • deployment

Hagel Weighs Running as Independent

Senator flirts with White House run,
New York mayor

May 14, 07 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican gadfly Chuck Hagel hinted yesterday at an independent bid for the White House, saying "the system needs to be shaken up." The Nebraska senator used the "Face the Nation" pulpit to vent his continuing frustration with the GOP, particularly on Iraq. The lifelong Republican also expressed... More »

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Republican • Chuck Hagel • presidential campaign • Michael Bloomberg • Election 2008

Senate Backs Troop Pullout Timetable

Bill ties troop funding to March 2008 withdrawal deadline

Mar 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in the Senate  pulled off a surprise victory yesterday in their bid to force President Bush to bring troops home from Iraq—deflecting a GOP effort to kill the troop withdrawal plan. The Democrats’ proposal sets a March 2008 deadline for ending the conflict and is folded into a... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • Democrats • Chuck Hagel • Charles Schumer • war • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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