Remarks: "A Conversation with Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)"

Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) will deliver a speech on U.S. national security and foreign policy at the Center for American Progress. Senator Hagel is a distinguished member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

This event is part of the Center for American Progress Series, The Impact of Five Years in Iraq

The Center for American Progress will host a series of events and produce several analyses in the coming weeks examining the course of the war in Iraq and proposing the next steps for U.S. policy in Iraq. The series will include speeches by prominent policymakers and panel discussions on important aspects of Iraq policy and its effects on U.S. national security. The Center will also release updated analyses examining the current policy in Iraq and providing an alternative direction.

In addition, each day between the fifth anniversary of the start of the military campaign in Iraq on March 19 to President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech on May 1, the Center's website will highlight a key piece of analysis examining the mistakes made by the Bush administration and its allies in waging the war of choice in Iraq—and the consequences of those mistakes on our overall national security. These analyses will be catalogued on the War in Iraq page of our website, providing a detailed source of information on our nation's costly march to war in the wrong place at the wrong time five years ago.

Admission is free.

Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center

For more information, please call 202-682-1611.