AP Sources: Hagel resigning as Defense secretary

Monday, November 24, 2014 ~ Updated 8:42 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down from President Barack Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team.

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