Posts Tagged: hagel
Defense Secretary Hagel: Taliban Talks ‘Worth the Risk’
The Hill - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday defended the administration's decision to launch peace talks with the Taliban, saying the move...
Hagel Refused to Sign Schumer-Graham Letter Calling for Arab Allies of U.S. to Recognize Israel
Breitbart - Former Sen. Chuck Hagel declined to sign a letter circulated by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in 2007 calling upon then-Secretary of State Condoleezza...
Senator Inhofe to ‘Postpone’ Hagel Vote
National Review - Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, tells National Review Online that he will "postpone" the...
Chuck Hagel: Mediocre Boilerplate
For all the thunder about the "missing" J Street speech Chuck Hagel gave in 2009, watching it was almost a letdown. There is simply no "smoking-gun"...
Senator Vitter Raises Questions in Letter to Chuck Hagel
The Weekly Standard - The Weekly Standard previously noted Senator David Vitter's offense at Chuck Hagel's "suggestion that my support of Israel is somehow...
Criticism Mounts Over Hagel’s Iran Views Amid Connections to Progressive Foundation
Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel is facing criticism from conservative groups over his connection to the progressive Ploughshares Foundation. The Ploughshares Foundation grants...
Christians United for Israel Will Lobby Every Single Senator Against Hagel
Breitbart - Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which describes itself as "the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States and one of the leading Christian...
American Jewish Leaders Meet With Chuck Hagel
JTA - Top Jewish organizational leaders met with Chuck Hagel, President Obama's defense secretary nominee, and Vice President Joe Biden. A four-sentence statement Monday issued...
Senator Jim Inhofe Announces Opposition to Hagel Appointment
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) announced that he would not back Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel Tuesday, after the two met to discuss his positions...
The Hagel Nomination and Monty Python
The furor that has surrounded the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be President Obama's Secretary of Defense has shed a searing light on...
Opinion: Why Iran Supports Chuck Hagel
President Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel was meant to send a message, and it has: That President Obama is not serious about stopping ...
Where the Pressure Lies
The United States is about to get new secretaries of state and defense and a new director of Central Intelligence. It is devoutly to...
Hagel-Chaired Think Tank: ‘Post-Mullah’ Iran Should be Viewed as ‘Natural Partner’ for U.S.
The Atlantic Council, a think tank chaired by defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel which last month published a column titled "Israel's Apartheid Policy,"...
Hagel’s Homophobia and Biblical Indifference to Israel
A few years ago I was out having dinner with my orthodox, gay, Jewish brother when a religious man walked over to me...
