CHUCK HAGEL SPEAKS AT IAFF 2008 PRESIDENTIAL FORUM IN WASHINGTON

BRUSSELS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Russia sees new threats from NATO and the United States, and they see new threats from Russia. And even where they see common dangers -- as in the case of potential and actual missile threats from Asia and the Middle East -- they cannot find common ground on how to deal with them. How do we reverse this steady escalation of tension and confrontation? Part two of three.

ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., declined to comment Friday on speculation that she may be President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state nominee.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is under consideration for secretary of state in President-elect Barack Obama's administration, The Washington Post said Thursday.

OMAHA, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns won the race to succeed U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel in Nebraska Tuesday, keeping the seat Republican.

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Incumbent Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin won a fifth term in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, cruising to an easy victory over Republican Christopher Reed.

BEIJING, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan says his country has enough tools to keep its economy on track in the current global financial turmoil.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., introduced legislation Tuesday requiring a semiannual administrative review of the war on terror.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Former Republican Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa Tuesday endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president.

WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Sunday defended presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama from recent political attacks.

WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi leaders oppose an "open-ended presence" of the U.S. military in their country and want the troops shipped out, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed says.