Word: hagel
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Falling recruitment and retention ratios caused by repeated deployments of troops to Iraq and elsewhere are making it increasingly difficult for America to live up to its commitments, Hagel said...
...Hagel added that the military needed to offer Americans more benefits like education, housing, and health care to convince them to join and stay in the military...
Addressing the opposition of some politicians to U.S. involvement in organization such as the United Nations, Hagel acknowledged that “every institution is not without flaws,” but said that such institutions have done a “tremendous job” of improving the state of the world since World...
...Hagel was critical of America’s current deficit and government spending problems, which he said would adversely affect the government’s ability to properly fund the military...
...Governing is about making tough choices,” said Hagel, who added that the current congress is not doing an adequate job of promoting sound policy in regards to taxation and spending...