Print Joel B. Pollak Follow Read Full Bio Friday News Dump: Partial Hagel Donor List Includes Saudis, Turkey The Atlantic Council, chaired by former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), released a list late Friday evening of corporate donors as well as foreign governments that had funded it over the past five years. 8 Feb 2013 Hagel Vote Must Come Soon, or Not at All If the chances of Chuck Hagel withdrawing his nomination as Secretary of Defense are truly "50-50," as Thomas E. Ricks of Foreign Policy suggests, then time is running out for Democrats to push a vote through the Senate. 8 Feb 2013 Anti-terror conservatives also consistent on drone policy 8 Feb 2013 Democrats Claim Double Standard on Hagel Disclosures; Ignore Kissinger, Clinton Precedents Democrats’ latest defense of Chuck Hagel, whose confirmation as Secretary of Defense has bogged down in the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the argument that the Republicans are holding Hagel to a higher standard than any previous nominee. In fact, Republicans are only holding Hagel to the standard Democrats have applied to past nominees--and with far greater justification, given Hagel’s radical foreign policy views. 8 Feb 2013 Nick Gillespie's brilliant insight about journalists' hypocrisy on drones 8 Feb 2013 Dereliction of Duty: Obama Did Nothing to Save American Lives in Benghazi--and Lied About It Nothing. That is what President Barack Obama did on the night of September 11, 2012, as terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and killed four Americans, among them Ambassador Christopher Stevens. President Obama’s inaction was revealed in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday by outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey. 7 Feb 2013 Maybe it's time to ask Obama about those Benghazi 'directives' 7 Feb 2013 Why is 'DISCLOSE' Schumer supporting Hagel, who won't disclose donors? 7 Feb 2013 Saad Hariri: 'Friend' of Hamas, Supporter of Hagel Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro reported Thursday that Senate sources believe that one reason Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel has not submitted requested financial disclosures is that one of his funders is called "Friends of Hamas." While the White House refused to confirm or deny the report, there are certainly friends of Hamas among Hagel's supporters, including former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri. 7 Feb 2013 Sen. Levin Wants Vote on Hagel 'As Soon as We're Ready' Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) has indicated that he wants to schedule a committee vote on the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense "as soon as we're ready to have a vote," according to CNN. 7 Feb 2013 Previous 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Next
Friday News Dump: Partial Hagel Donor List Includes Saudis, Turkey The Atlantic Council, chaired by former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), released a list late Friday evening of corporate donors as well as foreign governments that had funded it over the past five years. 8 Feb 2013
Hagel Vote Must Come Soon, or Not at All If the chances of Chuck Hagel withdrawing his nomination as Secretary of Defense are truly "50-50," as Thomas E. Ricks of Foreign Policy suggests, then time is running out for Democrats to push a vote through the Senate. 8 Feb 2013
Democrats Claim Double Standard on Hagel Disclosures; Ignore Kissinger, Clinton Precedents Democrats’ latest defense of Chuck Hagel, whose confirmation as Secretary of Defense has bogged down in the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the argument that the Republicans are holding Hagel to a higher standard than any previous nominee. In fact, Republicans are only holding Hagel to the standard Democrats have applied to past nominees--and with far greater justification, given Hagel’s radical foreign policy views. 8 Feb 2013
Dereliction of Duty: Obama Did Nothing to Save American Lives in Benghazi--and Lied About It Nothing. That is what President Barack Obama did on the night of September 11, 2012, as terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and killed four Americans, among them Ambassador Christopher Stevens. President Obama’s inaction was revealed in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday by outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey. 7 Feb 2013
Saad Hariri: 'Friend' of Hamas, Supporter of Hagel Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro reported Thursday that Senate sources believe that one reason Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel has not submitted requested financial disclosures is that one of his funders is called "Friends of Hamas." While the White House refused to confirm or deny the report, there are certainly friends of Hamas among Hagel's supporters, including former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri. 7 Feb 2013
Sen. Levin Wants Vote on Hagel 'As Soon as We're Ready' Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) has indicated that he wants to schedule a committee vote on the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense "as soon as we're ready to have a vote," according to CNN. 7 Feb 2013
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