Chuck Hagel

Warren and Cruz: principled or polarizing?

2013-06-13 06:26:55

Who is the face of American liberalism? Who is the face of American conservatism? In Washington politics and on social media these days, the king and queen of "base" politics are two freshman U.S senators — Texas' Ted Cruz for conservatives and...

Three Naval Academy football players investigated in alleged sexual assault on female midshipman

2013-05-31 18:50:36

The Navy is investigating the alleged sexual assault last year of a female midshipman at the Naval Academy by three members of the football team, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Friday. The woman has told investigators she remembers little of the...

Former academy instructor acquitted of rape of midshipman

2013-06-02 13:56:00

A former instructor at the Naval Academy has been found not guilty of aggravated sexual assault in an alleged attack on a female midshipman two years ago, an academy spokeswoman said Sunday. Marine Corps Maj. Mark Thompson, 43, was found guilty of...

VA looks to American Legion, other veterans groups for help with backlog

2013-05-28 15:06:00

As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups....

Obama to address Naval Academy commencement

2013-05-24 03:40:00

President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...

Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog

2013-05-22 16:04:00

A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...

Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies

2013-05-08 14:52:00

WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official.�...

Military injustice

2013-05-08 12:04:00

The recent study estimating that there may have been 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the military last year stirred a lot of tough talk from the Pentagon and the White House over the past 24 hours. But the question is whether that outrage will translate...

Obama's red line on Syria gets squiggly

2013-05-07 03:00:00

The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Barack Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...

White House chief of staff visits local VA office

2013-05-24 16:32:00

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough visited the Baltimore regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday to discuss efforts to address the agency's persistent backlog of veterans disability claims. The Baltimore office,...

Pentagon reports sharp rise in sex assaults in military

2013-05-07 19:08:10

The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel....

Judges sue Social Security over 'quotas' on disability decisions

2013-04-28 14:12:00

Administrative law judges who evaluate disability claims for the Social Security Administration want a federal court to ease a workload that they say makes errors more likely — the latest in a series of challenges confronting the Woodlawn-based...

Chuck Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska, is the first Vietnam War veteran to serve as secretary of defense. Only four of Hagel's fellow Republicans voted for his confirmation.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) meets with President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of defense and former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) February 7, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

2013-02-07 00:00:00

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for secretary of Defense, faces tough questioning from the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

2013-01-31 00:00:00