Chuck Hagel

A Senator from Nebraska. Born in North Platte, Nebraska, October 4, 1946. Graduated from St. Bonaventure High School, Columbus, Neb. Graduated from the Brown Institute for Radio and Television, Minneapolis, MN, 1966. Graduated from University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1971. Served in the U. S. Army infantry, attaining the rank of Sergeant E-5, 1967-1968, and serving in Vietnam in 1968. Newscaster and talk show host in Omaha 1969-1971. Administrative assistant to Representative John Y. McCollister (R-Neb. ) 1971-1977. Manager of government affairs for Firestone Tire &. Rubber Company, Washington, D. C. 1977-1980. Deputy administrator, United States Veterans Administration, 1981-1982. Investment banker and business executive in Washington and Omaha. Deputy director and chief executive officer of the Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations (G-7) in 1990. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1996. Reelected in 2002, and served from January 3, 1997, to January 3, 2009. Was not a candidate for reelection in 2008. Secretary of Defense in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama, 2013-2015.