Did you Know? Chuck Hagel brings to the table membership on four Senate committees: Foreign Relations; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Intelligence and Rules.

Chuck Hagel is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion Subcommittee and the Senate Banking Securities and Investment Subcommittee. Chuck Hagel serves as the Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

Chuck Hagel served in Vietnam with his brother Tom in 1968. They served side by side as infantry squad leaders with the U.S. Armys 9th Infantry Division. Chuck Hagel earned many military decorations and honors, including two Purple Hearts.

He is a life member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.Hagel has served on the Board of Trustees Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust and as Chairman of the $240 million Agent Orange Settlement Fund.

His participation in civic, educational, and charitable organizations has included: Board of Directors, Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce; Chairman, 10th Anniversary Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Board of Directors and National Advisory Committee of the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Board of Directors of the Arlington National Cemetery Historical Society; Chairman of the Board of No Greater Love, Inc.; USOs World Board of Governors; and the World USO Chairmans Advisory Council.

Chuck Hagel is co-chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Corporate Council.


A fourth generation Nebraskan, Chuck Hagel was born in North Platte, Nebraska on October 4, 1946. He graduated from St. Bonaventure High School, Columbus, Nebraska, the Brown Institute for Radio and Television, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Chuck Hagel and his wife, Lilibet, have two children, daughter Allyn, 15, and son Ziller, 13. Get active! Go to:



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