BY FROMA HARROP A decorated Vietnam vet, Chuck Hagel combines experience in war with skepticism over turning to military solutions where diplomacy might work. Add to those qualifications a tendency to speak his mind [after using it], and the former Republican senator from Nebraska seems uniquely placed to lead the Department of Defense in 2013. In Hagel, President Obama has someone well equipped to help trim the defense budget to rational size. Consider that defense […]

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