Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A na-ekwu na Hagel nwere ike ịbụ onye na-agba ọsọ maka Vice President maka mgbe ahụ Senator Barack Obama, na nke ya
Ntuliaka onyeisiala nke afọ 2008. Na June 20, 2008, Hagel kwuru na ya ga-atụle ịlụ Obama ma ọ bụrụ na e nye ya ọkwa VP, ọ bụ ezie na ọ gbakwụnyere na ya ekwenyeghị na Obama ga-ahọrọ ya maka ọnọdụ ahụ. N'oge ahụ, a kpọtụrụ ya aha dị ka onye nwere ike ịbụ odeakwụkwọ nchekwa nke United States iji nwee ike ịga nke ọma Robert Gates na nchịkwa Obama. Hagel kwuru na ya ga-atụle ije ozi ma ọ bụrụ na a gwa ya.