Chuck Hagel, stuck in an arduous confirmation battle to become Secretary of Defense, has notably pivoted away from his more controversial foreign policy positions–a move that appears to have validated Senate Republicans’ fierce opposition to a reelected Barack Obama. So
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. ABC News White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl questioned Press Secretary Jay Carney on Obama’s sequester predictions: KARL: Jay, even before we heard from Secretary LaHood, we’ve heard some dire warnings coming from the
Ralston Reports: Sheldon Adelson, the Republican Party’s main money man, said today the nomination (and likely confirmation) of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary is “shameful” because of his “associations” and because he is “anti-Semitic.” When I
Lawrence J. Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, wrote an article at Foreign Policy magazine Wednesday that can best be described as a threat delivered by a Hagel apologist to Republican critics disguised as journalism. Aptly titled
Hi, everybody. Our top priority as a country right now should be doing everything we can to grow our economy and create good, middle class jobs. And yet, less than one week from now, Congress is poised to allow a
A 21-year-old man came to his parents rescue after three gunmen forced their way into their Houston home. The family was baking a cake when someone knocked on their front door. The homeowner thought the man was a friend of
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) requested Friday that Chuck Hagel, the former Nebraska Senator nominated for Secretary of Defense, give Congress access to his archives at the University of Nebraska and past speeches from the Washington Speakers Bureau, the agency that
(AP) Administration warns of impact of broad budget cutBy JIM KUHNHENN and TRACIE CONEAssociated PressWASHINGTONWidespread flight delays and shuttered airports, off-limit seashores and unprotected parks. The Obama administration is painting a dire portrait of the many ways the public will
The Reserve Officers Association (ROA), a membership association chartered in 1922 by Congress dedicated to providing a voice for Reserve Component service members of all military branches, released a report on Thursday regarding how sequestration would affect the Department of Defense budget.
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely American forces tasked with hunting down remnants
Reporting on the fact that Chuck Hagel’s correspondence from his years as a Senator are sealed from public view, CNN raises points out that “some” are “wondering if he might be hiding something in those files.” Those files contain legislative
We’ve seen a number of challenges in recent weeks, not the least of which were the Russian bombers intercepted over the island of Guam and the North Korean nuclear test in which some military experts see Iran’s hand. It seems
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s request “to reconsider a ruling that found the state’s concealed carry weapons ban unconstitutional [in Dec. 2012].” Madigan has argued that the December ruling overturning the ban
(AP) Gov’t downsizes amid GOP demands for more cutsBy TOM RAUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they’ve already gotten much of both. Spending by federal,
With Republicans sympathetic to Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel preparing to cave, Hagel’s confirmation to head the Pentagon seems all but assured. According to Reuters on Thursday afternoon, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has now stated that he will support Hagel’s nomination,
In response to ‘Shotgun’ Joe Biden: It gets even better, Javier: following Biden’s dim-witted advice would actually get you arrested in his home state, for aggravated menacing and reckless endangering in the first degree. You’re not supposed to discharge firearms
The Tampa Bay Bucs finished last season 30th in sacks, a hard fall from the Warren Sapp era where a dominant defense made the team one of the most dominant in the league. Problems for the Bucs have been made
Earlier today, liberal Democrat Lanny Davis affirmed that the substance of Sen. Ted Cruz’ (R-TX) inquiry into Chuck Hagel’s undisclosed source of income derived from various speeches was “absolutely correct.” He just quarreled with the way in which Cruz conducted
In response to Toure: Abortion Saved My Life but Defending Yourself Against Crime is Just Silly: The common denominator in both of Toure’s “divergent opinions” – his embrace of abortion on demand, and his opposition to guns for self defense,
In response to Chuck Hagel not exactly a Republican, for a while now: I’m telling you, Rush nailed it back in 2002: “It’s almost like Peter Sellers in that movie. Oh, what was the name of that movie? He played…
Former Clinton White House counsel Lanny Davis told Larry O’Connor and Brian Wilson on WMAL this morning that Senator Ted Cruz was “absolutely correct” in asking for more transparency from Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. Davis said that Senator Cruz’s
(AP) – One year after the band Pussy Riot staged an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Moscow’s main cathedral that landed them in jail, a released band member said Thursday that she has no regrets. Yekaterina Samutsevich told the Associated
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that Sen. Bob Menendez’s approval ratings have plummeted 15 points in less than a month. Only 36% of New Jersey voters approve of the job Menendez is doing, while 41% disapprove. In January, before widespread
(AP) – A car bombing near Syria’s ruling party headquarters in Damascus killed 53 people on Thursday, according to state media, while mortar rounds exploded near the army’s central command in the city. It was the third straight day of
The acrimony surrounding Chuck Hagel’s confirmation to lead the Defense Department has caused a handful of Senators to formally ask the White House to withdraw his nomination. The almost unprecedented step has capped weeks of debate over Hagel’s fitness for
