Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel is facing tough questioning Thursday, as a Senate panel considers his nomination to be the next secretary of defense.
ພາບ ທ່ານ Hagel ຖືກ ແຕ່ງຕັ້ງໃຫ້ເປັນ ລມຕ ປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ ສຫລ ຄົນໃໝ່
![In this February 21, 2007 file photo, then Senator Chuck Hagel, speaks during an appearance at Bellevue University, Nebraska.](https://gdb.voanews.com/330aa111-92e3-475b-98d9-cafa2719881b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this February 21, 2007 file photo, then Senator Chuck Hagel, speaks during an appearance at Bellevue University, Nebraska.
![Outgoing Senator Chuck Hagel greets supporters after a farewell news conference in Omaha, Nebraska, December 18, 2008.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4c859350-6e73-4920-bff6-df1f1d660b62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Outgoing Senator Chuck Hagel greets supporters after a farewell news conference in Omaha, Nebraska, December 18, 2008.
![In this photo released by the U.S. army, then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, David Petraeus, and Chuck Hagel, ride in a helicopter, Baghdad, Iraq, July 21, 2008.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a0e799f5-c61f-4943-9e17-789547db4f02_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this photo released by the U.S. army, then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, David Petraeus, and Chuck Hagel, ride in a helicopter, Baghdad, Iraq, July 21, 2008.
![Then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joe Biden, left, laughs as then Senator Chuck Hagel, dresses up as Biden for Halloween, October 31, 2007, on Capitol Hill.](https://gdb.voanews.com/521e161a-a212-46a0-9f3e-bc103e77714e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joe Biden, left, laughs as then Senator Chuck Hagel, dresses up as Biden for Halloween, October 31, 2007, on Capitol Hill.