Hagel is a disgrace.
This Congress and this administration will stab the military in the back. As a constituency, military retirees are a small group compared to the general population. So, these politicians think they can cut retired pay and medical coverage because the blowback will be a lot less than from military retirees than from other potential groups which are larger. The Federal Government does so much that is not Constitutional. The cuts should start in those programs, not in the defense, which is one of the few legitimate functions of the Federal Government. Only after cutting programs which the government shouldn’t be doing in the first place, should cuts to the military be considered.
Meanwhile, fraud and corruption is rampant in every branch of this government and the King parties on while members of Congress service each other.