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Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel
American Politician
Born: Oct 4, 1946
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Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm
No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record. Chuck Hagel
Me Vote Statement Defines Record Individual No-One Quote Beliefs
Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations. Chuck Hagel
Freedom Democracy World Value Power Our All Nations Constraint Alliance Shared Understood Expand Expansion Nations Influence Interest Should Means
Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun. Chuck Hagel
Peace People Gun Bayonet Through Come Dealing End
You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over. Chuck Hagel
You Will Drop Baghdad Over Just
Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift. Chuck Hagel
People Situation Every Universe Pressures Bad About Imperfect Policy Foreign Geopolitical Foreign Policy Shift Different Dynamics Decisions Realities
Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations. Chuck Hagel
Great All Nations Great Nations Powers Limitations Nations Even
Well, Mr Obama inherited probably the biggest inventory of problems, certainly foreign policy problems, than any American president ever has. I think the entire inventory of problems that he inherited is probably as big overall as any president, certainly since Franklin Roosevelt and maybe, in some cases, worse. Chuck Hagel
Problems Big Think President Worse Franklin Franklin Roosevelt Obama Some Entire Cases Inventory He Since Overall Well Policy Foreign Foreign Policy Than American Any Maybe Biggest Roosevelt American President Certainly Inherited Ever
I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in microcosms, or narrow channels. Chuck Hagel
War You Believe Channels Those Never Countries Deal Narrow Go Iraq Afghanistan Believed
The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security. Chuck Hagel
Peace People Free Live Security Must Israeli
Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender. Chuck Hagel
Surrender Engagement Appeasement
Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our country to: the complications and consequences of endeavors. Chuck Hagel
Country Understanding Consequences Too Our Complications See Tend Abstraction Policy Foreign Foreign Policy Endeavors Often Committing Little Washington
It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out. Chuck Hagel
War Out Easy Get
Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster. Chuck Hagel
Dangerous Down Complex Area Disaster Armies Historically Ends Large
I'm a supporter of Israel, always have been. Chuck Hagel
Supporter Always Israel Been
I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't a country in the world even close to America. Chuck Hagel
World Country Our Would Trade Close Debts America Any Even Assets Position
I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. Chuck Hagel
Terrorism State Sponsor Said Iran Times Many

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