https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/20/is-chuck-hagel-really-the-best-manager-for-the-pentagon/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:16:50 -0400<![CDATA[Hagel could do the tough, no-nonsense-boss part of the job. But Gates had another essential talent that will be harder to match. He was a genuine national-security intellectual, who had studied how to manage and motivate huge institutions when he was director of the CIA and at the National Security Council. He knew the big strategic things about defense policy, but he also knew the little technical things. Gates was such a sawed-off shotgun of a guy that it was easy to miss that he was also a subtle thinker.]]>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:00:49 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/20/is-chuck-hagel-really-the-best-manager-for-the-pentagon-n98463