Sen. Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel, Nebraska's senior U.S. Senator, is serving his second term in the United States Senate. Senator Hagel's duties include membership on four Senate committees: Foreign Relations; Banking; Housing and Urban Affairs; Intelligence and Rules.

Hagel is the author of America: Our Next Chapter, a straight-forward examination of the current state of our nation and provides substantial proposals for the challenges of the 21st century. Alan Greenspan says, "America: Our Next Chapter should be required reading," former World Bank President James Wolfensohn declares the book, "a must read." Journalist and author Tom Brokaw states, "this is a book for people who care about their country," and General Colin Powell says that Hagel "writes with insight, expertise, authority, and with the credentials that come from his dedicated service in war and peace."

Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Hagel worked in the private sector as the President of McCarthy & Co., an investment banking firm based in Omaha, Nebraska, and served as Chairman of the Board of American Information Systems (AIS). Before joining McCarthy & Co., Hagel was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Private Sector Council (PSC) in Washington, D.C., Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations (G-7 Summit) and President and Chief Executive Officer of the World USO.