[VIDEO] Hagel Pledges to Learn More about the Defense Department if He Is Confirmed to be Its Boss

Right. Because leading our national defense is the perfect place for on the job training.

HAGEL: “A number of questions were asked of me today about specific programs, submarine programs, different areas of technology and acquisitions, and our superior technology. I’ve said I do not know enough about it. I don’t. There are a lot of things I don’t know about. If confirmed, I intend to know a lot more than I do. I will have to. But at the same time, I would never think that this, as I said earlier, is about me or I will be running anything. I will be the leader. I’ll be responsible. I will be accountable, but I’ve got to rely on the right teams, the right people to bring those people together. And again, it’s accountability and responsibility. I would stop there, if that gives you some sense of how I would intend to do this business.”(Chuck Hagel, Armed Services Committee U.S. Senate, Hearing, 1/31/13)