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Senate Years of Service: 1997-2009 Party: Republican
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HAGEL, Charles Timothy (Chuck), a Senator from Nebraska; born in North Platte, Nebraska, October 4,
1946; graduated from St. Bonaventure High School, Columbus, Neb.; graduated
from the Brown Institute for Radio and Television, Minneapolis, MN, 1966;
graduated from University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1971; served in the U.S. Army
infantry, attaining the rank of Sergeant E-5, 1967-1968, and serving in Vietnam
in 1968; newscaster and talk show host in Omaha 1969-1971; administrative
assistant to Representative John Y. McCollister (R-Neb.) 1971-1977; manager of
government affairs for Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Washington, D.C.
1977-1980; deputy administrator, United States Veterans Administration,
1981-1982; investment banker and business executive in Washington and Omaha;
deputy director and chief executive officer of the Economic Summit of
Industrialized Nations (G-7) in 1990; elected as a Republican to the United
States Senate in 1996; reelected in 2002, and served from January 3, 1997, to
January 3, 2009; was not a candidate for reelection in 2008.
BibliographyHagel, Chuck, with Peter Kaminsky.
America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers.
New York: Ecco, 2008.
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