Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I rangona a Hagel hei hoa tauwehe pea mo te Perehitini Tuarua mo te Kaunihera a Barack Obama, i roto i tana
Ko te pakanga perehitini 2008. I te Pipiri 20, 2008, i kii a Hagel ka whakaaro ia ki te rere me Obama mena ka whakawhiwhia ki te waahi VP, ahakoa i kii ia kaore ia e whakapono ka tohua ia e Obama mo te tuunga. I taua wa i whakahuatia hoki ia hei Minita Tiaki o te United States hei angitu i a Robert Gates i te tari Obama. I kii a Hagel ka whakaaro ia ki te mahi mena ka tonoa.