Following Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel’s inability to explain whether the Iranian regime is legitimate during his Thursday confirmation hearing, White House Spokesman Jay Carney refused to answer the same question. Carney would only say that “the behavior” of
In reply to Ace: I’m not sure what Chuck Hagel has against Jews, but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess it has something to do with a grade curve. L’Affaire Hagel – and the whiny butthurt
Re: Right Wing Hecklers Attack Chuck Hagel Seems that articulateness and ready command of the facts are suddenly not so terribly important after all. MSNBC’s starring “conservative” Joe Scarborough is all butthurt that the GOP wasn’t nice enough to Chuck
“It’s somewhere between baffling and incomprehensible,” a cruel partisan hack Republican said of the confirmation testimony by President Obama’s brilliant Secretary of Defense nominee, Chuck Hagel. Oh, wait, sorry, I’ve got the source on that wrong. That comment came from…
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that the Administration is pleased with their nominee for Secretary of Defense after yesterday’s hearing. Carney said that Chuck Hagel did “just fine” in answering questions and that the Republican Senators “badgered” the
Secretary Jay Carney claimed during the White House press briefing today that more Senators have confirmed a “yes” vote for Chuck Hagel — the nominee for Secretary of Defense. Although multiple news reports have said that Senators were “shocked” that
The biggest loser from yesterday’s atrocious confirmation hearings for Secretary of Defense-designate Chuck Hagel was New York Senator Chuck Schumer, who backed Hagel in mid-January. Schumer had initially indicated that he was doubtful about voting for Hagel, but later reversed
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who passed away today at the age of 88, was in the news until just a few weeks ago, reacting–angrily–to the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense. Koch
MARK LEVIN, RADIO HOST: What the hell’s happening? Now we’ve backed the Muslim Brotherhood? And then of course, our dear friend Michele Bachmann and Louie Gohmert and three other brave members of the House of Representatives asked questions about the
Senator Ted Cruz cornered Chuck Hagel about an interview in 2009 on a foreign news station where he agreed with a caller saying that Israel had committed “war crimes.” Cruz then asked Hagel about he comment he made on the
In response to Media flipping out over Ted Cruz questioning of Hagel: I think it’s a great idea to have “some kind of victim” as Secretary of Defense. You wouldn’t want some sort of super-patriotic America-is-awesome tough guy in a
The overwhelming feeling you get from watching the low points of Chuck Hagel’s SecDef hearings is: what on Earth is this man doing here? He scarcely seems as if he wants to be there. The angles of attack taken by
Senator Lindsey Graham questioned Senator Chuck Hagel (R) at the confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary Thursday. Graham asked Hagel to name one Senator who was intimidated by the “Jewish lobby.” Hagel could not. Graham asked Hagel to name one “stupid”
Senator Chuck Hagel before the Armed Services Committee: “I think the President has gone as far as he should go publicly. He has said clearly that in his words, he has Israel’s back. He said his policy is not to
Senator Bill Nelson tried to garner sympathy for Chuck Hagel, who is up for Secretary of Defense, during a confirmation hearing today after a harsh round of questioning from Senator McCain. Nelson said he wanted Senators to “get to know”
Senator Chuck Hagel didn’t have much of an answer concerning unilateral sanctions on Iran. When asked why he opposed them, or if he opposed them, Hagel began discussing multi-lateral sanctions and their benefits.
The Chuck Hagel confirmation hearings are providing a rare moment of bipartisan consensus among observers, who agree that the Secretary of Defense nominee is blowing it: hagel’s making biden look rhetorically sure-footed — Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) January 31, 2013 The
Sen. Chuck Hagel before the Committee On Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 1/24/07: “That’s not the issue here. But when people have no hope, when there’s despair, little else matters. And this is not about terrorists don’t like freedom. Tell that
Opening statement of Senator Chuck Hagel (R) at the hearing to be the next Defense Secretary, Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill…
No, really, it took them this long to pose the most obvious question, which the Weekly Standard answered almost a month ago. At least Politico seems to get the answer: “America is at a delicate moment of transition in defense policy
Chuck Hagel faces confirmation hearings on Thursday. He is likely to become the next Secretary of Defense, thanks largely to the spinelessness and partisanship of Democrats who wouldn’t otherwise think of confirming a Republican with such controversial views and inadequate
As former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) prepares for his confirmation hearing for the job of Secretary of Defense on Thursday, it is important to draw some conclusions from the contentious debate of the past several weeks. We have already considered
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) addresses the J Street Gala Dinner (2009)…
A report of a massive explosion at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, first published by World Net Daily last week and based on an Iranian source, has apparently been confirmed by Israeli officials speaking to the London Times. World Net Daily’s Reza
Senator Chuck Hagel’s nomination has already sent an extremely dangerous signal to the Islamic Republic of Iran that President Obama really doesn’t mean what he says when he declares that “all options are on the table”, when dealing with a
