U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will travel to Singapore this week to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue for the first time as Pentagon chief, senior defense officials announced Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will travel to Singapore this week to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue for the first time as Pentagon chief, senior defense officials announced Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday met with visiting Australian Minister for Defense Stephen Smith to discuss cooperation, the Pentagon said in a statement.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday met at the Pentagon with his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, discussing issues of regional security, including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Diaoyu Islands, which are China's inherent territories.
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Seisi on Wednesday held a meeting with visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to discuss means of boosting bilateral ties, mainly in military field, state-run MENA news agency reported.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon announced Monday that they reached an agreement over arms deal worth 10 billion U.S. dollars.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday reassured Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the U.S. commitment to rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 58-41 to confirm Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense. Hagel will be sworn in on Wednesday.The vote was basically along party lines, with four Republicans breaking rank to join the Democratic majority. Hagel needed a simple majority of over 50 votes to be confirmed.