President Obama made it official at the White House this morning. — -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down, senior administration officials confirmed today to ABC News. Flanked by ...

From the beginning, Chuck Hagel’s nomination as secretary of defense has been about more than just the policies he’d pursue at the Pentagon. It’s been about the terms of legitimate discourse ...

Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, tapped by President Obama to serve as the next Secretary of Defense, is coming under fire from conservatives for his past positions on Israel ...

In 1968, through a fluke that remains a mystery, Chuck Hagel and his younger brother Tom became the only known American siblings to serve in the same infantry squad in the Vietnam War. The future ...

Chuck Hagel (far right) and brother Tom petitioned to serve in the same infantry unit in Vietnam, with the fearless duo often first into firefights. The blast, and the gunfire that followed ...

Chuck Hagel, “America Our Next Chapter” (2008). Chuck Hagel, two-term senator from Nebraska is coming to Minnesota, and there’s a bit of irony behind this story. A combat veteran who served ...

Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the department has its own judicial code, legal system and healthcare system. Hagel, who was in charge from 2013 to 2015, told All Things Considered host ...

Chuck Hagel, though, had his eye on the next president. So he asked George W. Bush if he could meet with him at the governor’s mansion in Austin, Texas. Karl Rove, then a top adviser to the ...

This week on Speaking of Nebraska Chuck Hagel reflects on the nation's defense and more.

So where is Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel headed this week? To Hawaii — for a meeting with defense ministers from Asia, the region the Obama administration still considers its top foreign policy ...