News about Chuck Hagel

The Harris campaign boasts dozens of Republican supporters, including former governors, members of Congress and even ex-Trump administration officials. A new rollout of the endorsements included a number of names that were already openly critical of the former president, former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Ill., ex-Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. Olivia Troye, former national security advisor to then-Vice President Mike Pence , was also included on the list. So was Chuck Hagel, who served in the Senate as a Republican from Nebraska but worked as Barack Obama 's Defense secretary. Ray Lahood, Obama's Transportation secretary and a former Republican House member, also endorsed Harris.

A year after the last American soldier left Afghanistan, a former special forces linguist accused Washington of losing tens of thousands of Afghans in the region and endangering the lives of refugees by focusing on finding Joe Biden's translator. Safi Rauf was part of the team that supported Aman Khalili's journey from northern Afghanistan and across the Pakistani border last year after his plight was highlighted by US media. However, he was shocked when a group of armed American agents stormed a safe house in Islamabad's capital to strip him away.