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Defense Secretary Hagel Resigns Under Pressure

Defense Secretary Hagel Resigns Under Pressure

<p> <b>Washington:</b> Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXfA2867 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">resigned</a> on Monday in a White House shakeup prompted by escalating challenges abroad and a Republican surge in the midterm elections. Hagel's resignation was also reportedly spurred by weeks of rising internal tensions at the White House over issues including delays in releasing prisoners from the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay and a disagreement with National Security Advisor Susan Rice about the administration's Syria policy. There were also <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXgA74c7 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">concerns</a> about his ability to lead the Pentagon in the escalating war against the Islamic State. </p><br><p> The dismissal has been <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHR6lMPo-rO8yQj1Afa47>criticized</a> as evidence of dysfunction within the Obama White House, as Hagel had failed to penetrate the president's tight inner circle, and the administration has struggled to elucidate a clear strategy for U.S. action in an increasingly tumultuous Middle East. "The Obama administration is now in the market for their fourth secretary of defense," <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXfA2867 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">said</a> Rep. Howard (Buck) McKeon (R-Calif.). "When the president goes through three secretaries, he should ask, 'Is it them, or is it me?'" </p><br><p> The president tapped Hagel for the job two years ago with the mandate to bring American troops home from Afghanistan and manage the Pentagon in an era of shrinking budgets. Hagel's replacement has not yet been named, but former Under Secretary of Defense Michèle A. Flournoy, and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter have both reportedly <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXfA2867 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">being considered</a> for the position. The secretary will stay on until his successor was confirmed. </p><br><p> <b>Nuclear Negotiations: </b>Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXhA6417 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">denounced</a> western countries involved in negotiations over the country's nuclear program and corresponding sanctions just a day after the deadline for talks was extended by seven months. "In the nuclear issue, America and colonial European countries got together and did their best to bring the Islamic Republic to its knees, but they could not do so -- and they will not be able to do so," said during a meeting with Muslim clerics on Tuesday. </p><br><p> The criticisms were echoed by deputy speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Hassan Abutorabi-Fard, who said, "A lesson can be taken from the recent nuclear talks that, for various reasons, the U.S. is not reliable." The supreme leader's remarks implied that he would continue to support the talks, though he remained pessimistic about their outcome. </p><br>

Africa

<ul><p> • Two female suicide bombers in Nigeria <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXiAc4bd style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">killed</a> at least 30 people in the northeast city of Maiduguri. </p><br> <p> • Two out of three victims of human trafficking in Africa are <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXjA6d44 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">children</a>, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. </p><br> <p> • Workers responsible for burying victims of Ebola in Sierra Leone <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXkAce79 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">dumped</a> 15 bodies at the main hospital in the city of Kenema after not being paid agreed-upon increased wages. </p><br> </ul>
Middle East

<ul><p> • The secularist Tunisian leader Beji Caid Essebsi came in first in the country's presidential election with nearly 40 percent of the vote. The race will be <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXlA267b style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">decided</a> in a run-off in December. </p><br> <p> • Three Arab men were <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXmA2dd5 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">arrested</a> in Jerusalem in connection with the stabbing of two Jewish men, continuing the violence that has troubled the city for a month. </p><br> <p> • Yemeni special forces <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXnAf144 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">freed seven Yemenis and a U.S. serviceman</a> who had been held hostage by a group affiliated with al Qaeda. </p><br> </ul>
Europe

<ul><p> • The world has grown to see Europe as "<a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXoA64ce style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">somewhat elderly and haggard</a>," said Pope Francis during a speech to the European Parliament. He also called for a unified response to the migrant crisis, asserting, "We cannot allow the Mediterranean to become a vast cemetery." </p><br> <p> • After some 14,000 migrants have attempted to scale fences protecting the Spanish enclaves in Africa, Melilla and Ceuta, human rights groups have <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXpAc925 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">challenged</a> where the border is drawn. </p><br> <p> • New legislation would allow British police to <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXqA2f1b style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">seize the passports</a> of British citizens and foreigners who are suspected of travelling to participate in terrorist activities. </p><br> </ul>
Americas

<ul><p> • Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced he would send additional National Guard troops to Ferguson to quell unrest after a grand jury <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXrA1e2c style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">declined to indict</a> the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in August. </p><br> <p> • Hackers <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXsAa747 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">attacked</a> the websites of Canada's Supreme Court, Parliament, the Ottawa and Toronto police forces, and the city of Ottawa. </p><br> <p> • The United States Security and Exchange Commission <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXtAf9ad style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">subpoenaed</a> Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras. </p><br> </ul>
Asia

<ul><p> • At least 10 pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong were <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXuA653c style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">arrested</a> following scuffles with police as they attempted to dismantle a protest site. </p><br> <p> • Thai democracy <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXvA4e6b style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">won't return</a> anytime soon, says Thongchai Winichakul, a leading scholar of Thai history. </p><br> <p> • Seven students of the jailed ethnic Uighur professor Ilham Tohti were brought to trial on <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c720rxl.2fqm/VHSRZcPocp99MAXwA2fd5 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">charges of separatism</a> in western China. </p><br> </ul>
- By Thomas Stackpole

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