Word: hagel
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...surprise that Obama reached out to Reed again last month, as he was beginning to plan a return trip to Iraq - this time as the presumptive Democratic nominee, running on a promise to get the troops out. Reed and another Army veteran - Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who received two Purple Hearts in Vietnam - will accompany Obama, not only to Iraq, but also to Afghanistan, where Obama has pledged to intensify the miliary effort...
...Bank. Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be a sprint across Europe, with stops planned for Berlin, Paris and London. And somewhere in all this, Obama plans to make a much-anticipated visit to Iraq and Afghanistan with two Senate colleagues, Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska...
...page after the ideological myopia of the Bush debacle, a decisive step away from the partisan ugliness Americans claim to hate, the best way to build a decisive governing coalition. There are other worthy Republicans and military officers that Obama might turn to, people like Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel or retired General James Jones, who would make an excellent National Security Adviser. But it is no small irony that if Obama really wants to make a clean break from his predecessor, he should start by retaining George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense...
...party labels - perhaps someone like independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. By this standard, Obama might opt for a partner who is young and charismatic and also breaks a historic barrier of race or gender - perhaps Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius - or one who transcends partisan politics, like Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska...
...Readjustment Act (the policy's official name) offered a college scholarship to all those who had served in uniform, whether or not they had fought on the front lines. In the decades since, benefits have fallen far behind the cost of university tuitions, prompting Senators Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel to draft a new GI Bill that would offer soldiers full tuition at any state school...