FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2014 Permalink CONTACT: Kevin Smith, Michael Steel 202-225-0600 Speaker Boehner on Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's resignation: "I want to thank Chuck Hagel for his service to this country – as a soldier in Vietnam, as a United States Senator, and most recently, as Secretary of Defense.  "This personnel change must be part of a larger re-thinking of our strategy to confront the threats we face abroad, especially the threat posed by the rise of ISIL.  We cannot defeat this enemy without a broad, coordinated, well-thought-out effort that has the strong support of the American people.  Thus far, this administration has fallen well short."

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