0bama’s stupidity picked Hagel.
Wait until we see his replacement.
Well now, he won’t be tied down to a job, and can collect unemployment benefits, which will help to stimulate the economy. So this is a good thing for him, right?
Sorry to hear Hagel was fired. I was hoping the stench of this regime had gotten too bad even for Hagel and he had resigned. Guess not. A fool to the end.
He is still an embarrassment to the Cornhuskers who voted for him twice.
One of the early articles on Hagel’s resignation said that Hagel differed with Obama on the handling of ISIS and thought that ISIS was a much more serious threat to whole world than Obama was willing to admit. The article went on to say that Hagel never really fit in with Obama’s other aids and advisors and would wait until Security council meeting were over to voice his opinions.
It is my guess that Obama resented being cornered and being forced to explain his agenda. Obama hates to take responsibility and cornering him would make him really irate.
Maybe Hagel will write a tell all book.
The dork will not have anyone working for him who is smarter than he is.
Which pretty much limits the slime ball to choosing folks to the left side of the left three sigma mark on the Bell curve.
Hagel may have been an idiot but I think he was fired because he said ISIS is a serious threat and because he met with Israel’s Defense Minister when he was being shunned by Obama and Kerry.
Hagel's confirmation hearings before he became Secretary of Defense confirmed GWB's good judgment in not picking Hagel.
I agree with post #9, Hagel was not a yes man and the One could not handle it.
Hagel might not have been the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he could not accept the lack of leadership showed by the current holder of the Office of President.
I think Panetta left for the same reason.
And Kerry is any smarter?
65 years ago..., my Father told me... "If you lie with dogs, you'll arise with fleas (or worse)!!! It seems that DC Glamour erases common-sense in this respect!
Hagel survived the dirt of combat but not the filth of the 0bama administration.
Hagel was a Republican? Who knew...../sarc
Obama is now zero for three in choosing defense secretaries...he’d be benched as a kicker in almost any high school.
Hapless Sad Sack Hagel......too stupid for even Obama!! LOL!!!