Hagel is one of only two Republican Senators to support a Democratic plan to set a troop withdrawal deadline as part of an emergency spending bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

• 哈格尔是共和党（唯一）两位支持民主党设定撤军期限草案的参议员之一。他支持把撤军期限写进伊拉克和阿富汗军事行动紧急增援经费的提案中。