In response to If SNL Cuts Every Sketch That Isn’t Funny, What’s Left?: I haven’t watched SNL for years. I’m not interested in having my beliefs lampooned, or the people I admire unfairly maligned. But most of all, as Ace
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has announced that he has scheduled a committee vote Tuesday on the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to the post of Secretary of Defense. Sen. John
The unaired Saturday Night Live skit about Sen. Chuck Hagel’s (R-NE) feelings toward Israel….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, plans to seek a vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination as President Barack Obama’s new secretary of defense during a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the committee said
Obama is gearing up to sign off “on an internal review of U.S. nuclear weapons strategy” that contains a directive cutting our nuclear arsenal by a third. The directive was created last year, and reports indicate that political advisers in
Amid reports that former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) may be withdrawing his name from consideration for Secretary of Defense, one of Hagel’s aides has issued a clear statement: “There is absolutely no truth to the notion that Senator Hagel might
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary late last month drew gasps from Beltway insiders. How could a candidate for such an important position be so comically unprepared, so unable to defend himself against a series of tough
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. The list did not shed light on
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. With each passing
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,
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) could have stopped the train wreck that is the Chuck Hagel nomination. But he chose, unwisely, to bow to the Obama administration’s wishes (in exchange for what? one wonders) and give the nod to Hagel. After
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
Despite Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel’s refusal to turn over documents disclosing his foreign donors over the years – and reports that he has received donations from highly controversial groups — Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) stated
In a Feb. 7th speech, Iran’s supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the possibility of direct talks between the U.S. and Iran that Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Chuck Hagel are all pushing: “Some people like the idea of negotiating with
Chuck Hagel is stonewalling Republican questions about his nomination for Secretary of Defense, refusing to release the details of the foreign funding for corporate and nonprofit organizations in which he has served since 2009 when his Senate term expired. [T]he information you
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, revealed on Wednesday that he will not only vote against the nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense but also actively work to defeat the nomination. Inhofe
With Chuck Hagel’s chances for securing the position of Secretary of Defense decreasing more each passing day, Michele Flournoy may be the person Obama calls on next. Flournoy is 52 years old, the daughter of a World War II veteran,
The nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to Secretary of Defense has been held up due to Hagel’s failure to turn over required documents to the Senate Armed Services Committee, even after a letter prompting him for those documents.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has delayed its vote on whether to recommend former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to the Senate for confirmation as Secretary of Defense. No new date for the vote has yet been given. Rumors of a
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) is not providing the Senate any more information about past speeches or funders. Luckily, a few of his former audiences are only too proud to share his remarks with the world. The National Council on
Outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce this week that the Pentagon will extend some spousal benefits to same-sex couples. “The department is conducting a deliberative and comprehensive review of the possibility of extending eligibility for benefits,
In response to Jay Carney: “Uh… er… … … “: Joel, it’s amazing that Carney doesn’t seem to have been ready for this question. Like most of those which flummoxed Chuck Hagel, it seems predictable that someone would ask why
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee received the results of a national poll last week that indicates support for Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense collapses when voters are aware of his positions on the issues, Breitbart News has
The Iranian currency, the rial, has hit a new low, falling 21% in the past two weeks, according to wire reports. No thanks to former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), of course, who opposed unilateral sanctions and remained skeptical of multilateral
Former Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton is urging senators who will consider the nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense to force Hagel to make clear his views about Iran’s nuclear program, claiming Barack Obama and the West have made
