Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An yi jita-jita cewa Hagel zai iya zama mataimakin mataimakin shugaban kasa ga Sanata Barack Obama, a yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na 2008
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 20 ga Yuni, 2008, Hagel ya ce zai yi la'akari da yin takara tare da Obama idan aka ba shi mukamin mataimakin shugaban kasa, kodayake ya kara da cewa bai yi imanin cewa Obama zai zaba shi ba. A lokacin an kuma ambace shi a matsayin yiwuwar Sakataren Tsaro na Amurka don maye gurbin Robert Gates a cikin gwamnatin Obama. Hagel ya ce zai yi la'akari da yin hidima idan aka tambaye shi.