Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hagel akanzwika kuva anobvira kumhanya shamwari nokuda kweMutevedzeri weMutungamiri weZvino Mutungamiri Barack Obama, mumutsara wake
Mushandirapamwe womutungamiri wenyika wa2008. Musi waJune 20, 2008, Hagel akati aizofunga kumhanya naObama kana akapihwa nzvimbo yeVP, kunyangwe akawedzera kuti haana kutenda kuti Obama aizomusarudza pachinzvimbo. Panguva iyoyo akataurawo semutungamiri weUnited States weDziviriro kuti akunde Robert Gates muhurumende yaObama. Hagel akati aizofunga kushumira kana akakumbirwa.