All posts tagged "Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday it would slash the Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and reduce military benefits in order to meet 2015 spending caps, setting up an election-year fight with Congress over defense priorities.

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told American troops on Sunday that he supports a NATO force in Afghanistan after 2014, as Washington and President Hamid Karzai wrangle over a stalled security pact.

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel slammed Republican lawmakers as "astoundingly irresponsible" for threatening to shut down the government over a short-sighted political whim.

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel kicks off a Southeast Asian tour on Sunday meant to stress Washington's so-called "pivot" back towards the Asia-Pacific but with attention diverted by trouble in the Middle East.

By Andrea Shalal-Esa

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday said US commanders should be barred from overturning criminal convictions, in the wake of anger over a quashed guilty verdict in a sexual assault case.