We must never jeopardize that commitment. It is who we are as Americans. Chuck Hagel was the 24th secretary of defense and a ...

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Well, Chuck Hagel ran that institution. He served as secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015. Before that, he served a dozen years in the U.S. Senate as a Republican senator from Nebraska.

Chuck Hagel was the 24th Secretary of Defense, serving from February 2013 to February 2015. He is the only Vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as Secretary of Defense.

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