defense secretary chuck hague -- makel and the joint chiefs of staff to congress for hearing.agel hold the committee that the u.s.-lead air war will intensify. >> isil will not be defeated through military force alone. our comprehensive strategy is focused on supporting inclusive governance, sustaining a brood-based regional and global coalition, and strengthening local forces on the ground. it also includes undercutting isil's flow of resources, countering isil's messaging, constricting the flow of foreign fighters, providing hue pl plan -- humanitarian assistance and our global diplomatic effort. >>> iraq has sacked many senior commanders. it's the most dramatic decision since taking office in september. the government has been investigating military failings that allowed islamic state of iraq and the levant to seize large parts of iraqi territory. many soldiers abandoned their spot and left munitions. >>> who explosions have happened in tripoli. >>> the state news agency quoting the ministry of help said 16 people were injured as a train was pulling out of cairo's station.

what happened to undermine chuck hague until what challenges await the next secretary?ng us for that conversation david former deputy assistant secretary for defense for afghanistan and pakistan. heather, director of new models of policy change project at the new america foundation. and mark thompson, national security reporter for time magazine, welcome all of you to the program. heather, it's a washington ritual, say nice things about the person who is about to be pushed out the door. talk about the great job they did. and then make it public they are not doing that job anymore. what happened to chuck hagel? >> three things happened to chuck hagel. one, there was a midterm election in which the president's party did badly and anxiety about the national security strategy was seen to be a big piece of that. second chuck hagel was the victim, fairly or unfairly, of lots of whispers and chatter about unhappiness at the pentagon with his performance. and third, chuck hagel was clearly a meshed as yo you are intro said some nasty fighting among was net members, which is als

. >>> chuck hague the has resigned.e obama administration facing criticism over isil it seems the president decided it was time for him to go. white house correspondent patty culhane has the details. >> reporter: it was all hugs and kind words as u.s. president obama announced his defense secretary chuck hagel was leaving. >> that's the kind of class and integrity that chuck hanga hages represented. >> reporter: behind scenes it was a lot less presentsly, headachal was i basically fired. >> i think he wants to project a stronger face of the administration with regard to overseas threats and i don't think he felt secretary hagel was the man to do that. >> reporter: the recent election sent the messaging americans are not happy with the president's handling of foreign policy and they don't think his strategy to combat isil will work, but analysts say they don't expect his policy to change. >> he wanted to minimize american involvement. he's now hoping perhaps good options will appear with a new secretary of defense. my ow

the senator was brought in on chuck hague until this case was brought in to manage the defense departmentrue productions, modernization, cost cutting and so really sort of reorganizing the institution. since that time the u.s. is buffeted by things and many thought that chuck hagel wasn't up to the job. as countless books said over the course of this administration this is now the fourth secretary, the administration has an issue with the centralization of foreign policy in the white house. that it wants yes men in positions of state and defense department, not people that push back and chuck hagel was increasingly at odds and didn't have the ear of the president on his senior advisors. >> so i wonder if it was a mistake to choose him in the first place. early on they liked him because he was a critic of the wars during the bush administration. and now the president is having to send in troops and join -- lead the coalitions to fight isis, hagel being a critic, is not the best person to have in the position. >> well, the administration doesn't really, i think, generally like people who cr

chuck hagel is resigning. the new york times reports president obama made the decision to ask hague toll step down last friday after a series of meetings over the past two weeks. hagel a former republican senator had originally been brought into the administration to manage a draw down from afghan. >>> the time now is 6:40. general motors is preparing to unveil technology that lets you drive without touching the wheel. how the system called super cruise works. >> and the giants world series is about to be mortalized on the big screen. details on the big orange carpet event, when we come back. it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. but sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event ends sunday. through sunday, choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models, including the new tempur-choice, with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows, and free same-day delivery. are you next? but hurry! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event ends sunday. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ hey john,whoa!k it out. yeah, i was testing to see if we r

chuck hagel has been forced to resign. president obama is expected to make an official announcement in about ten minutes. we'll carry it live. officials tell nbc news that the white house lost confidence in haguenow chris jansing. and mark murray and colonel jack jacobs and ayman mohyeldin. chris, a loss of confidence. we saw the debacle that was hagel's conformation hearing but one would think over two years secretary hagel could, if he didn't have respect after the hearings be able to earn respect. >> he never really seemed to recover from what was a poor showing in that conformation process. in addition, there have been a number of what white house officials see as