Does Chuck Hagel believe anything? The Washington Free Beacon reported on Friday that former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), facing a tough confirmation battle as President Obama’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense, has recanted his recorded belief in
GEIST: senator barrasso, i want to ask you about your piece in this morning’s “wall street journal.” i can reduce it down for everybody. you’re not a big fan of Chuck Hagel, as it turns out. the headline, “Hagel’s unsettling
Americans For A Strong Defense (ASD) has launched a multi-state advertising campaign to convince Senators and their constituents that Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel is the wrong man for the job. ASD goes out of their way to make
Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense is now being challenged because of his record on defense and Israel, and also because of rumors of poor staff management. Rabbi Marvin Hier and Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who run the Simon Wiesenthal
The former House Speaker on Obama Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) has spent a lot of time pressing for international reductions in nuclear arsenals. And since joining hands with the anti-nuclear weapons group Global Zero in 2009, Hagel has not only supported a nuclear weapons-free America,
The Onion, which once upon a time skewered politicians in a non-partisan way, now is baring its teeth in another anti-Israel “satire.” It’s not funny, and the obvious attempt to display the anti-Chuck Hagel forces as part of an Israeli
Surprisingly little attention has been paid to former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s 2008 memoir, America: Our Next Chapter. In it, Hagel lays out his thoughts on a wide range of issues, including the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Iran, to which he devotes one
Now that Chuck Schumer has endorsed Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense, he has to answer for Hagel’s close association with two venomous anti-Israel colleagues: Arnaud de Borchgrave and Chas Freeman, who worked with Hagel at the Atlantic Council
Senator James Inhofe, the second-highest-ranking member the Senate Armed Services Committee, has committed to opposing Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense. This position constitutes a reversal of Inhofe’s earlier support and may have serious consequences for Hagel’s chances. Inhofe changed
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) infamously said: “I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States senator.” But Hagel, who is President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense in his second term, does take Israel very seriously–so seriously that
Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is doing what he must to win enough Democrat votes for confirmation–this includes promising abortion for women in the military and changing his stance on the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” For example, in
As leading Jewish Democrats–including Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, and the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC)–abandon their previous reservations and support President Barack Obama’s nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, the Republican Jewish Coalition
When Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, appears before the Senate, one critical question must be asked: does he still believe that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the “core” of all conflict in the Middle East? That
Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), who clashed frequently with the Department of Defense throughout the first term of President George W. Bush, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday and backed President Barack Obama’s nomination of
Meet The Press’ David Gregory on Chuck Hagel…
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is defending Chuck Hagel against Republicans who think he is anti-Israel. Said Albright: I think that’s ridiculous. I think that Senator Hagel has been somebody that has voted for help for Israel over the
Because former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) is on record supporting an 80% reduction in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, Senators “with home state nuclear bases or membership on the Senate Armed Services Committee” are increasingly uneasy about supporting him for Sec.
How bad is Chuck Hagel for the state of Israel? Al Jazeera is rejoicing in his nomination for Secretary of Defense. And who is leading the celebration in a piece written for their website called “Obama Defeats The Israeli Lobby”?
Reverend Al Sharpton on the Tom Joyner Morning Show discussed the Chuck Hagel nomination…
A quote from former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) regarding the Pentagon is making the rounds as he tries to win converts to his side to support his nomination for Secretary of Defense. Speaking in 2011, Hagel said: The Defense Department,
WMAL 01-10-13: LANNY DAVIS – former Clinton White House Counsel, discussed Obama’s potential executive order on guns and his thoughts on Chuck Hagel’s about the “Jewish lobby.”
The media must be feeling a little rebuffed today. It’s not just that the media made all the difference in winning a failed president a second term, but that so much of the dirty work to make that possible was
In a sign that Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense may have been long anticipated, several prominent left-wing figures have emerged as supporters of a forthcoming biography of Hagel. The biography, Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward, by University of Nebraska journalism
A few years ago, I was out having dinner with my orthodox, gay, Jewish brother when a religious man walked over to me and asked if I was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. From his aggressive posture, I knew in my gut
