U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday announced four directives to further strengthen the department's prevention and response program against sexual assault crimes in the country's military sector.
As U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down, President Barack Obama is likely to choose a new defense chief who can play ball with the rest of the team, experts said.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced resignation of Chuck Hagel as the country's defense secretary, making the first change to his cabinet after the Democrats' heavy losses in both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections early this month.
U.S. President Barack Obama has asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to step down, making the first change to his cabinet after the Democrats' heavy loss in the midterm elections early this month, The New York Times reported Monday.
United States and coalition forces have made good progress in recent months against the Islamic State (IS), but the campaign will be "a long and difficult struggle," U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.
The Pentagon chief on Thursday praised the progress made against the Islamic State (IS) as U.S.-led coalition continues to implement a comprehensive strategy aimed at destroying the militant group.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a measure to place under a 21-day supervised isolation regimen all military service members returning from Ebola response efforts in West Africa.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has not made a decision on a Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendation for how to handle the country's troops returning from areas affected by Ebola in West Africa, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
U.S. airstrikes and military assistance to Iraqi and Kurdish security forces have stalled the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) forces around Erbil, Iraq, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday.
About 130 American military advisers have arrived in Iraq to help with its humanitarian aid in north area of the country, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has posed a threat to the civilized world, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Monday, days after Washington launched airstrikes against the Islamist fighters in northern Iraq.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday defended the release of five Taliban detainees in exchange for the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan.
Visiting Pentagon head Chuck Hagel Thursday called on the European allies to raise army budgets, to modernize military capabilities.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met on Wednesday with Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Alasania to discuss the situation in Ukraine, according to a statement released by the U.S. Defense Department.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has stepped up consultations with Eastern European allies on the Ukraine situation amid Russia's activities along its border, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
Russia has assured the United States that it will not invade Ukraine, said the U.S. Department of Defense Monday.
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