If he'd been in the military, he would have learned gun safety.
Chuck Hagel
On Dick Cheney hunting incident. |
I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take
an oath of office to my party or my president.
Chuck Hagel
On Bush, the GOP, and the Patriot Act. |
We are perceived as a nation at war with Muslims. This debilitating
and dangerous perception must be reversed.
Chuck Hagel
On War on Terrorism, 2007. |
We have misunderstood, misread, misplanned and
mismanaged our honorable intentions in Iraq with an arrogant
self-delusion reminiscent of Vietnam.
Chuck Hagel
On conflict in Iraq, 2007. |
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment
the salvation of the free.
Chuck Hagel
Inaugural speech as Governor of New Mexico,
January 2003. |
This is a ping-pong game with American lives. These young
men and women that we put in Anbar province, in Iraq, in Baghdad,
are not beans. They're real lives. And we better be damn sure
we know what we're doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more
Americans into that grinder.
Chuck Hagel
On Iraq troop surge of 2007. |
If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.
Chuck Hagel
Asking his fellow Senators to support a
joint resolution opposing President George Bush's troop deployment
plan in Iraq, 2007. |
The Republican Party has won two elections on the issue of
fear and terrorism. It's going to try again.
Chuck Hagel
Discussing Guantanamo Bay, September 2007. |
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