President Obama took the podium Monday morning to announce Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s resignation. Hagel will stay on until the Senate confirms his replacement, a cabinet position the president has filled four times in the six years of his presidency. Possible replacements, as noted by the Wall Street Journal, include former Pentagon officials Michele Flournoy and Ashton Carter, also a former deputy defense secretary; and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who on Monday reaffirmed his wish to remain in the Senate.

Hagel is said to have been pushed toward the resignation after becoming frustrated with the Obama Administration’s national security policy and …read more