Chuck Hagel, second from left, shakes hands in May 2012 with the man he’s likely to be nominated to succeed: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Photo: Flickr/Office of the Secretary of Defense
Is Chuck Hagel A Hippie? Only If You Ignore His Record -- Danger Room
It’s looking like President Obama will nominate former Senator Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon on Monday. It’ll mean a fight: for the last month, conservative critics of the former Republican senator have called him a wimp, insufficiently bellicose toward Iran, Hamas, Syria, the Taliban and other global malefactors. All of that overlooks the Vietnam combat veteran’s record in the Senate.
Spying on Americans’ communications without warrants? Have at it, said Hagel. A ballistic missile shield? Yes, please, and who cares if it angers the Kremlin. NATO’s 1999 war in Kosovo? Hagel was willing to flood it with U.S. soldiers.
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My Comment: Washington politics is all about theater .... and I expect a lot of theater in the next few weeks. As to Chuck Hagel's history .... I am 100% sure that more info will be made available to the public in the next few days and weeks to come..