Joel B. Pollak

Hagel 2009: Send U.S. Troops to Impose Peace on Israel, Palestinians

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, co-authored a 2009 report that called for U.S. troops to lead a peacekeeping force that would patrol the future borders between Israel and a Palestinian state. The report, referenced Saturday by Israel National News, also suggested that peace could be imposed from outside by the U.S., describing arguments to the contrary as “invalid.” 24 Feb 2013

Report: Obama's Secret North Korea Talks Failed; Hagel Approach Ineffective

The Obama administration conducted two secret diplomatic missions to North Korea in 2012, according to reports in the South Korean press that were confirmed by the Los Angeles Times. The talks failed to dissuade the regime of Kim Jong Un to abandon that country’s aggressive nuclear weapons program. President Barack Obama suggested such talks in 2007, as did Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel that same year. 24 Feb 2013

Major Jewish Group Expresses Concern About Hagel, Asks Senators to Think 'Carefully'

B'nai Brith International, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, has released a statement on President Barack Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to be Secretary of Defense, asking Senators "to carefully review Hagel’s record and hearing responses to determine his qualifications for the post." 24 Feb 2013

Dictatorship of Hypocrites: The Media's Crusade Against Cruz

The liberal media have their knives out for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) after his textbook cross-examination of Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel at the latter’s confirmation hearing Jan. 31. Jane Mayer of the New Yorker seized on a speech Cruz gave three years ago in which he asserted that when he was at Harvard Law School, shortly after Barack Obama, there were twelve Marxists on the faculty and one Republican. 24 Feb 2013

Hagel 2011: Obama Wrong on Gadhafi, Libya 'Was a Mistake'

In an interview with the Georgetown Public Policy Review in 2011, former Sen. Chuck Hagel indicated that he opposed President Barack Obama's policy in Libya, arguing that "Libya was a mistake" and that President Obama been wrong to declare that then-dictator Muammar Gadhafi "has to go." The interview has apparently not been reported previously during the extensive debate over Hagel's confirmation to be Secretary of Defense. 22 Feb 2013

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