U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called his Egyptian counterpart Sedki Sobhy and informed him that Secretary of State John Kerry will soon certify to Congress that Egypt is sustaining the strategic relationship with the United States and is meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, a statement of U.S. Defense Department said on Wednesday.
En route home from his Asia- Pacific trip Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel placed an in-flight call to Ukraine's Acting Minister of Defense Mykhaylo Koval, reaffirming American help to Ukraine.
The United States should be a responsible partner for managing well the military-to-military relations with China as differences over sea issues and arms sales to Taiwan remain large, observers said.
Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan on Tuesday held talks with his U.S. counterpart Chuck Hagel on promoting the sound and stable development of a new type of military relations.
China was "dissatisfied" with remarks made by U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel in ASEAN defence ministers meeting and in Japan, a Chinese military leader said here Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday the cyberspace force at U.S. Cyber Command will grow to more than 6,000 by the year 2016.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his visiting British counterpart Philip Hammond said on Wednesday they can not rule out anything -- including terrorism -- yet on what happened to the missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner.
Reviews on the Washington Navy Yard shooting last September have forced the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to take steps against insider threat.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here on Wednesday that the Congressional failure to fund the Defense Department (DOD) above levels required by sequestration in fiscal years 2015, 2016 and beyond will compromise the country's national security.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined on Monday his priorities for 2015 defense budget cut, including plans to reduce the size of the U.S. army to its pre-World War II levels.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday urged Japan to improve relations with its neighboring countries after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war shrine in late December fueled tensions with China and South Korea.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon on Monday to discuss security issues of mutual concern, reaffirming Washington's commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is scheduled to hold talks with Pakistani civil and military leaders about security issues on Monday, officials said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday he has ordered two department-wide security reviews, after a deadly shooting this week in the Navy Yard in Washington.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday a military strike against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use is not about President Barack Obama's "red line," but because the use of chemical weapons cannot be tolerated.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday had a phone conversation with Egypt's Minister of Defense Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, saying military relations with Egypt will continue, even after President Barack Obama cancelled a joint military exercises as violence rages in that country.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday hailed the NATO's transfer of security responsibility in Afghanistan as a "critical milestone" achieved by the determination of Afghan people and sacrifices by NATO and Afghan troops.
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