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Article: Hagel New Atlantic Council Chairman
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- U.S. Newswire
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- February 11, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Peter Cassata of Atlantic Council, +1-202-778-4991,
pcassata@acus.org
Replaces Jim Jones
WASHINGTON,Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Atlantic Council
President and CEO Frederick Kempe announced today that the Council's
Executive Committee has selected former Senator Chuck Hagel as its
new Chairman, effective immediately. Senator Hagel, who served two
terms representing Nebraska from 1997 to 2009, received the Atlantic
Council's Distinguished International Leadership Award in 2004.
Hagel succeeds General James L. Jones, who stepped down to serve
as National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama. Jones
presided over a two-year period of extraordinary ...