US defence secretary Hagel to resign
After guiding the US military in responding to challenges from Isis to Ebola, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel is to resign.
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Taliban’s Kabul bombing a message to US defence chief Hagel
A suicide bomber on a bicycle has killed nine people outside the defence ministry in Kabul during a visit by new US defence secretary Chuck Hagel.
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Surge is a failure, Democrats tell Petraeus
Anti-war Senate Democrats bluntly told Iraq commander General David Petraeus on Tuesday his troop surge strategy was an abject failure in its prime objective — forcing a political settlement. Several senior Senate Republicans also questioned the administration’s approach as the general endured a grilling on a second day of high-stakes testimony to Congress.
