Obama, Chuck Hagel Forged Bond Over Iraq

* Hagel often clashed with Republicans on foreign policy * Sought easing of Cuba sanctions, opposed sanctions on Iran, Libya. * Nomination expected to be announced on Monday By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - From his lonely position as an early Republican critic of the Iraq war, former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel sometimes lectured his more timid Senate colleagues. "If you...