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
![Then President George W. Bush and then Senator Chuck Hagel embrace at the Airlite Plastics Company in Omaha, Nebraska, May 12, 2003.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3dcb588f-295a-4fae-8457-cf5dc30c6354_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Then President George W. Bush and then Senator Chuck Hagel embrace at the Airlite Plastics Company in Omaha, Nebraska, May 12, 2003.
![Then Senator Chuck Hagel, left, and Senator John Kerry, shake hands while with other senators who served in Vietnam at the 15th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, March 7, 1997.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c9c17b37-fae2-4f9b-8b3a-a422592af83d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Then Senator Chuck Hagel, left, and Senator John Kerry, shake hands while with other senators who served in Vietnam at the 15th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, March 7, 1997.
![Chuck Hagel (right) standing outside tents in Vietnam, circa 1968. (Library of Congress)](https://gdb.voanews.com/637b589e-9f0e-434b-bc8e-22e3febcec7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chuck Hagel (right) standing outside tents in Vietnam, circa 1968. (Library of Congress)