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		<description><![CDATA[Obama and Hagel in Amman, Jordan, in 2008. Image by Ali Jarekji / Reuters 
Posted Dec 14, 2012 1:19am EST 
WASHINGTON &#8212; On Thursday night, hundreds of American Jewish leaders visited the White House to celebrate Hanukkah, but many also came with a less celebratory agenda: They were there to deliver a warning to President Barack Obama about the potential nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel. 
The buzz around the former Republican senator from Nebraska &#8212; seen as a top contender to lead the Department of Defense &#8212; has Israel supporters worried. Hagel has been a frequent target for Jewish Democratic and Republican groups for more than a decade, even as he is close to Obama, having been a supporter in 2008 and an appointee to the President&#8217;s Intelligence Advisory Board. 
&#8220;He was one of these worst senators in his party in memory when it comes to Israel,&#8221; said one Jewish Democratic operative. &#8220;It&#8217;s a terrible idea.&#8221; 
Hagel is hardly overtly anti-Israel, but he&#039;s been less sympathetic to the Jewish State than most members of Congress in both parties. He was a critic, for instance, of Israel&#039;s assault on the Lebanese group Hezbollah in 2006, and his broader worldview &#8212; he&#039;s a &quot;Republican realist,&quot; the political scientist and archenemy of what he calls the &quot;Israel lobby&quot; Stephen Walt wrote Thursday &#8212; is unsympathetic to an emotional American engagement in the Middle East. 
And with Susan Rice withdrawing her name from contention to be secretary of state, Republicans are gearing up for fight against Hagel, despite his fading ties to their party. 
&#8220;Republicans will now turn their attention to blocking a potential Hagel nomination,&#8221; said one Senate GOP foreign policy aide, &#8220;which could become an ideological litmus test on foreign policy for both Republicans and Democrats.&#8221; 
Complicating the potential selection of Hagel by Obama is that Jewish Democrats, including one of the men to whom Obama would likely turn to assuage the fears of Jewish Americans, is on record raising doubts about him. 
&quot;If [Hagel] was taking a policy role, we&#039;d have real concerns,&quot; Ira Forman, the Obama campaign&#8217;s Jewish Outreach Director and the former executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, told The Weekly Standard when Hagel was appointed to the intelligence board. 
In 2007, when Hagel flirted with a presidential run, the NJDC blasted his credentials on Israel in a fact sheet, noting, among other items, that in 2006, Hagel was &#8220;one of only 12 Senators who refused to write the EU asking them to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.&#8221; 
Several attendees at the Hanukkah party said they witnessed or participated in reaching out to administration officials about the potential selection of Hagel, with one attendee saying &#8220;he was the talk of the party.&#8221; 
One Democrat in attendance predicted the fight over Hagel would be &#8220;Susan Rice times 10.&#8221; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama and Hagel in Amman, Jordan, in 2008. Image by Ali Jarekji / Reuters<br />
Posted Dec 14, 2012 1:19am EST<br />
WASHINGTON &mdash; On Thursday night, hundreds of American Jewish leaders visited the White House to celebrate Hanukkah, but many also came with a less celebratory agenda: They were there to deliver a warning to President Barack Obama about the potential nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel.<br />
The buzz around the former Republican senator from Nebraska &mdash; seen as a top contender to lead the Department of Defense &mdash; has Israel supporters worried. Hagel has been a frequent target for Jewish Democratic and Republican groups for more than a decade, even as he is close to Obama, having been a supporter in 2008 and an appointee to the President&rsquo;s Intelligence Advisory Board.<br />
&ldquo;He was one of these worst senators in his party in memory when it comes to Israel,&rdquo; said one Jewish Democratic operative. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a terrible idea.&rdquo;<br />
Hagel is hardly overtly anti-Israel, but he&#039;s been less sympathetic to the Jewish State than most members of Congress in both parties. He was a critic, for instance, of Israel&#039;s assault on the Lebanese group Hezbollah in 2006, and his broader worldview &mdash; he&#039;s a &quot;Republican realist,&quot; the political scientist and archenemy of what he calls the &quot;Israel lobby&quot; Stephen Walt wrote Thursday &mdash; is unsympathetic to an emotional American engagement in the Middle East.<br />
And with Susan Rice withdrawing her name from contention to be secretary of state, Republicans are gearing up for fight against Hagel, despite his fading ties to their party.<br />
&ldquo;Republicans will now turn their attention to blocking a potential Hagel nomination,&rdquo; said one Senate GOP foreign policy aide, &ldquo;which could become an ideological litmus test on foreign policy for both Republicans and Democrats.&rdquo;<br />
Complicating the potential selection of Hagel by Obama is that Jewish Democrats, including one of the men to whom Obama would likely turn to assuage the fears of Jewish Americans, is on record raising doubts about him.<br />
&quot;If [Hagel] was taking a policy role, we&#039;d have real concerns,&quot; Ira Forman, the Obama campaign&rsquo;s Jewish Outreach Director and the former executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, told The Weekly Standard when Hagel was appointed to the intelligence board.<br />
In 2007, when Hagel flirted with a presidential run, the NJDC blasted his credentials on Israel in a fact sheet, noting, among other items, that in 2006, Hagel was &ldquo;one of only 12 Senators who refused to write the EU asking them to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.&rdquo;<br />
Several attendees at the Hanukkah party said they witnessed or participated in reaching out to administration officials about the potential selection of Hagel, with one attendee saying &ldquo;he was the talk of the party.&rdquo;<br />
One Democrat in attendance predicted the fight over Hagel would be &ldquo;Susan Rice times 10.&rdquo; </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[after Barack Obama won the presidency, thousands of jubilant 
Americans poured into the streets. Morton Klein was not one of them. 
The president of the Zionist Organization of America worries an Obama 
presidency will spell trouble for Israel. To make his case, Klein 
picked up where defeated Republican nominee John McCain left off, 
citing what he considers to be ominous associations throughout 
Obama&#039;s political career. 
&quot;It&#039;s usually best to determine someone&#039;s future actions by their 
past actions,&quot; said Klein, in San Francisco to speak to ZOA&#039;s local 
chapter. &quot;So I am deeply troubled by Obama&#039;s past associations, 
advisers and comments concerning Israel.&quot; 
Though the president-elect&#039;s 20-year connection to controversial 
minister Jeremiah Wright gained little traction with voters, Klein 
remains disturbed by the alliance. 
Beyond Wright&#039;s Googled-to-death diatribes against America, Klein 
also cites the Chicago minister&#039;s calls for the United States to 
divest from Israel, for blaming 9/11 on Israel and for honoring Black 
Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan. 
&quot;Why should this trouble us?&quot; Klein asked. &quot;[Obama] said he was there 
every Sunday, listening to those awful anti-Israel speeches. I can 
only conclude he is comfortable with these views or sees them as not 
beyond the pale. And he never confronted [Wright]. If my rabbi gave 
one anti-black sermon I am out of that synagogue.&quot; 
During the campaign, Obama cut ties with Wright and condemned the 
minister&#039;s remarks. 
Klein further criticized Obama&#039;s choice of foreign policy advisers, 
which includes Robert Malley and Zbginiew Brzezinski, both of whom he 
views as hostile to Israel. He also accuses Obama&#039;s Republican 
friends in the Senate, Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Chuck Hagel (R- 
Neb.), as the senators &quot;most hostile to Israel.&quot; 
Klein reserves some of his harshest criticism for Obama&#039;s own 
statements, noting the president-elect was quoted in the New York 
Times last May as stating that &quot;Hezbollah and Hamas have legitimate 
claims,&quot; and that he reversed his position on moving the U.S. embassy 
in Israel to Jerusalem. (Obama told an AIPAC gathering earlier this 
year he supported such a move, then changed his mind days later.) 
Putting those cited remarks in context, in that May 16 interview with 
New York Times columnist David Brooks , Obama said &quot;Hezbollah is not 
a legitimate political party&quot; and that both Hezbollah and Hamas 
are &quot;going down a blind alley with violence that weakens their 
legitimate claims.&quot; 
Continued Klein: &quot;So when I look at his past, at his anti-Israel 
advisers, his friends, his comfort in an anti-Israel church and his 
statements on Hezbollah and saying that Iran is a small country, 
[Obama] shows hostility to Israel or comfort with hostility.&quot; 
In his role as president of the ZOA, Klein is an ardent defender of 
Israel. He criticizes Israeli leaders that, in his view, cave under 
relentless international pressure to make concessions for peace. 
&quot;Until the Palestinian Authority arrests terrorists, ends the 
promotion of terror and murder against Jews in their media, sermons 
and textbooks, there should be no discussion of a state,&quot; Klein 
said. &quot;[Israelis] are afraid if they don&#039;t make concessions, the 
world will turn its back on Israel and undermine its survival. I 
disagree. I think if they&#039;re tough the world will respect them.&quot; 
As for Iran and its growing nuclear threat, Klein sees this as an 
existential threat and Israel&#039;s most formidable challenge. While he 
supports international sanctions, he doubts their effectiveness and 
feels Israel may have to take military action against Iran. 
Klein says his talks with Israeli military experts reassured him 
Israel could withstand any Iranian retaliation, and that Israel would 
succeed in eradicating Iran&#039;s nuclear ambitions. He also doubts any 
Arab countries would seize the opportunity to strike at Israel. 
Regarding Israel&#039;s search for peace with the Palestinians, Klein 
remains pessimistic. 
&quot;Virtually every poll shows 60 to 90 percent [of Palestinians] 
support suicide bombings and over half are against Israel&#039;s existence 
even if they get a state,&quot; he said. &quot;I&#039;m sure there are decent and 
fine Arabs, but it&#039;s such a minority it&#039;s not enough to create 
cultural change in that society. 
He won&#039;t even use the phrase &quot;two-state solution&quot; when forecasting 
regional negotiations. &quot;We&#039;re already a state,&quot; he said, referring to 
Israel. &quot;Even the language betrays a lack of understanding.&quot; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>after Barack Obama won the presidency, thousands of jubilant<br />
Americans poured into the streets. Morton Klein was not one of them.<br />
The president of the Zionist Organization of America worries an Obama<br />
presidency will spell trouble for Israel. To make his case, Klein<br />
picked up where defeated Republican nominee John McCain left off,<br />
citing what he considers to be ominous associations throughout<br />
Obama&#039;s political career.<br />
&quot;It&#039;s usually best to determine someone&#039;s future actions by their<br />
past actions,&quot; said Klein, in San Francisco to speak to ZOA&#039;s local<br />
chapter. &quot;So I am deeply troubled by Obama&#039;s past associations,<br />
advisers and comments concerning Israel.&quot;<br />
Though the president-elect&#039;s 20-year connection to controversial<br />
minister Jeremiah Wright gained little traction with voters, Klein<br />
remains disturbed by the alliance.<br />
Beyond Wright&#039;s Googled-to-death diatribes against America, Klein<br />
also cites the Chicago minister&#039;s calls for the United States to<br />
divest from Israel, for blaming 9/11 on Israel and for honoring Black<br />
Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan.<br />
&quot;Why should this trouble us?&quot; Klein asked. &quot;[Obama] said he was there<br />
every Sunday, listening to those awful anti-Israel speeches. I can<br />
only conclude he is comfortable with these views or sees them as not<br />
beyond the pale. And he never confronted [Wright]. If my rabbi gave<br />
one anti-black sermon I am out of that synagogue.&quot;<br />
During the campaign, Obama cut ties with Wright and condemned the<br />
minister&#039;s remarks.<br />
Klein further criticized Obama&#039;s choice of foreign policy advisers,<br />
which includes Robert Malley and Zbginiew Brzezinski, both of whom he<br />
views as hostile to Israel. He also accuses Obama&#039;s Republican<br />
friends in the Senate, Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Chuck Hagel (R-<br />
Neb.), as the senators &quot;most hostile to Israel.&quot;<br />
Klein reserves some of his harshest criticism for Obama&#039;s own<br />
statements, noting the president-elect was quoted in the New York<br />
Times last May as stating that &quot;Hezbollah and Hamas have legitimate<br />
claims,&quot; and that he reversed his position on moving the U.S. embassy<br />
in Israel to Jerusalem. (Obama told an AIPAC gathering earlier this<br />
year he supported such a move, then changed his mind days later.)<br />
Putting those cited remarks in context, in that May 16 interview with<br />
New York Times columnist David Brooks , Obama said &quot;Hezbollah is not<br />
a legitimate political party&quot; and that both Hezbollah and Hamas<br />
are &quot;going down a blind alley with violence that weakens their<br />
legitimate claims.&quot;<br />
Continued Klein: &quot;So when I look at his past, at his anti-Israel<br />
advisers, his friends, his comfort in an anti-Israel church and his<br />
statements on Hezbollah and saying that Iran is a small country,<br />
[Obama] shows hostility to Israel or comfort with hostility.&quot;<br />
In his role as president of the ZOA, Klein is an ardent defender of<br />
Israel. He criticizes Israeli leaders that, in his view, cave under<br />
relentless international pressure to make concessions for peace.<br />
&quot;Until the Palestinian Authority arrests terrorists, ends the<br />
promotion of terror and murder against Jews in their media, sermons<br />
and textbooks, there should be no discussion of a state,&quot; Klein<br />
said. &quot;[Israelis] are afraid if they don&#039;t make concessions, the<br />
world will turn its back on Israel and undermine its survival. I<br />
disagree. I think if they&#039;re tough the world will respect them.&quot;<br />
As for Iran and its growing nuclear threat, Klein sees this as an<br />
existential threat and Israel&#039;s most formidable challenge. While he<br />
supports international sanctions, he doubts their effectiveness and<br />
feels Israel may have to take military action against Iran.<br />
Klein says his talks with Israeli military experts reassured him<br />
Israel could withstand any Iranian retaliation, and that Israel would<br />
succeed in eradicating Iran&#039;s nuclear ambitions. He also doubts any<br />
Arab countries would seize the opportunity to strike at Israel.<br />
Regarding Israel&#039;s search for peace with the Palestinians, Klein<br />
remains pessimistic.<br />
&quot;Virtually every poll shows 60 to 90 percent [of Palestinians]<br />
support suicide bombings and over half are against Israel&#039;s existence<br />
even if they get a state,&quot; he said. &quot;I&#039;m sure there are decent and<br />
fine Arabs, but it&#039;s such a minority it&#039;s not enough to create<br />
cultural change in that society.<br />
He won&#039;t even use the phrase &quot;two-state solution&quot; when forecasting<br />
regional negotiations. &quot;We&#039;re already a state,&quot; he said, referring to<br />
Israel. &quot;Even the language betrays a lack of understanding.&quot; </p>
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Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 9:33 AM 
Dec 24, 2012 
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RJC Releases &quot;Hagel Hearts Sestak&quot; Ad 
Tuesday, September 07, 2010 By: RJC Press Office 
 
Washington, D.C. (September 7, 2010) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) 
today released an internet ad entitled, &quot;Hagel Hearts Sestak&quot; which highlights 
the recent troubling endorsement of Democrat Joe Sestak for U.S. Senate (PA) by 
former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel. 
While in the Senate, Chuck Hagel had a troubling record on Israel and Middle 
East issues. In fact, he consistently had one of the worst pro-Israel records of 
any Senator. Even the National Jewish Democratic Council described Hagel&#039;s 
record as &quot;questionable&quot; and warned that if he sought the presidency, he would 
have &quot;a lot of questions to answer about his commitment to Israel.&quot; 
The Washington Jewish Week quotes Morris Amitay, a former executive director of 
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, as saying of Hagel, &quot;I would 
regard him as the bottom of the class as far as Israel goes.&quot; 
RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said, &quot;Chuck Hagel and Joe Sestak have a lot 
in common. In fact, it was recently reported that in an interview, Joe Sestak 
called Chuck Hagel &#039;the guy that I most admired in the Senate.&#039; Unfortunately, 
they share an attitude and record toward Israel that cause deep concern in the 
Jewish community. We will continue to provide the Jewish community in 
Pennsylvania and elsewhere with the facts about Joe Sestak and his record.&quot; 
The new ad can be seen on YouTube and at our SestakIsWrong site. 
For more information about Joe Sestak and Chuck Hagel, please visit the RJC web 
site. ]]></description>
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Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 9:33 AM<br />
Dec 24, 2012<br />
Message starred<br />
FROM iwant tobuy TO 1 recipient<br />
Hagel part 1 about among other things Obama defense secretary nominee Hagel<br />
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<p>RJC Releases &quot;Hagel Hearts Sestak&quot; Ad<br />
Tuesday, September 07, 2010 By: RJC Press Office </p>
<p>Washington, D.C. (September 7, 2010) &#8212; The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC)<br />
today released an internet ad entitled, &quot;Hagel Hearts Sestak&quot; which highlights<br />
the recent troubling endorsement of Democrat Joe Sestak for U.S. Senate (PA) by<br />
former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel.<br />
While in the Senate, Chuck Hagel had a troubling record on Israel and Middle<br />
East issues. In fact, he consistently had one of the worst pro-Israel records of<br />
any Senator. Even the National Jewish Democratic Council described Hagel&#039;s<br />
record as &quot;questionable&quot; and warned that if he sought the presidency, he would<br />
have &quot;a lot of questions to answer about his commitment to Israel.&quot;<br />
The Washington Jewish Week quotes Morris Amitay, a former executive director of<br />
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, as saying of Hagel, &quot;I would<br />
regard him as the bottom of the class as far as Israel goes.&quot;<br />
RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said, &quot;Chuck Hagel and Joe Sestak have a lot<br />
in common. In fact, it was recently reported that in an interview, Joe Sestak<br />
called Chuck Hagel &#039;the guy that I most admired in the Senate.&#039; Unfortunately,<br />
they share an attitude and record toward Israel that cause deep concern in the<br />
Jewish community. We will continue to provide the Jewish community in<br />
Pennsylvania and elsewhere with the facts about Joe Sestak and his record.&quot;<br />
The new ad can be seen on YouTube and at our SestakIsWrong site.<br />
For more information about Joe Sestak and Chuck Hagel, please visit the RJC web<br />
site. </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of Our Foes 
Jewish World Review Sept. 15, 2000 /14 Elul, 5760 
Jonathan Tobin 
The Arab lobby gears up to punish pro-Israel politicians 
in the latest issue of The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. 
The Washington Report is a glossy monthly that serves as the 
guidebook to the Arabist lobby in the United States. 
The Washington Report specializes in defaming Israel. But far from 
being the product of fringe Islamic fundamentalists, it is written 
and published by a Washington, D.C., outfit that is staffed by 
former U.S. foreign-service officers who haven&#039;t stopped hating 
Israel even though they are no longer on the federal payroll. As 
such, it is a must-read for friends of Israel who want a reliable 
indicator of the thinking of the anti-Israel crowd. 
One of the most noteworthy features of the magazine is an election- 
year report card on Congress that evaluates members of the Senate 
and the House on hostility to Israel and related causes. In other 
words, if you want to know who is on the list of good guys and bad 
guys for Israel, all you have to do is look at the pro-Arab 
crowd&#039;s &quot;Hall of Fame&quot; and &quot;Hall of Shame.&quot; 
ANTI-ISRAEL LITMUS TESTS 
The 535 House and Senate members were evaluated on, among other 
issues, the following: opposition to the use of anti-Semitic 
propaganda in the Palestinian media and textbooks; opposition to 
asking the Palestinian Authority and Syria about the whereabouts of 
missing Israeli soldiers and linking aid to that issue; support for 
Palestinian statehood prior to the achievement of a peace agreement; 
support for a bill prohibiting the use of intelligence on terrorism 
for evaluating immigration cases (as in supporters of Hamas who are 
liable to deportation); the signing of a letter opposing commutation 
of the sentence of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard; opposition to 
moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; and 
opposition to sanctions on rogue nations like Libya and Iraq. 
As far as the Arab lobby is concerned, the more members of Congress 
opposed anti-Semitism and terrorism and/or were willing to support 
Israel, the less The Washington Report liked them.WHO ARE THEIR HEROES? 
Chief among the members of The Washington Report&#039;s &quot;Hall of Fame&quot; is 
Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich. Bonior&#039;s animus for Israel is no 
surprise, given the large number of Arab-Americans in his Detroit- 
area district. It is ominous ....&quot; 
&quot; 
Among the other anti-Israel House favorites are John Conyers, D- 
Mich.; John Dingell, D-Mich.; Amos Houghton, R-New York; Jesse 
Jackson Jr., D-Ill.; John Lewis, D-Ga.; Jim McDermott, D-Wash.; 
Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga.; Ron Paul, R-Texas; John Sununnu, R-N.H.; 
and Maxine Waters, D-Calif. 
In the case of Jackson and Sununu (sons of their famous namesakes), 
the anti-Israel apple didn&#039;t fall far from the tree. 
The Washington Report&#039;s favorite senators are Spencer Abraham, R- 
Mich.; Robert Byrd, D-W.V.; Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.; Chuck Hagel, R- 
Neb.; Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Charles Robb, D-Va.; Strom Thurmond, R- 
S.C.; and Paul Wellstone, D-Minn. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Friends of Our Foes<br />
Jewish World Review Sept. 15, 2000 /14 Elul, 5760<br />
Jonathan Tobin<br />
The Arab lobby gears up to punish pro-Israel politicians<br />
in the latest issue of The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.<br />
The Washington Report is a glossy monthly that serves as the<br />
guidebook to the Arabist lobby in the United States.<br />
The Washington Report specializes in defaming Israel. But far from<br />
being the product of fringe Islamic fundamentalists, it is written<br />
and published by a Washington, D.C., outfit that is staffed by<br />
former U.S. foreign-service officers who haven&#039;t stopped hating<br />
Israel even though they are no longer on the federal payroll. As<br />
such, it is a must-read for friends of Israel who want a reliable<br />
indicator of the thinking of the anti-Israel crowd.<br />
One of the most noteworthy features of the magazine is an election-<br />
year report card on Congress that evaluates members of the Senate<br />
and the House on hostility to Israel and related causes. In other<br />
words, if you want to know who is on the list of good guys and bad<br />
guys for Israel, all you have to do is look at the pro-Arab<br />
crowd&#039;s &quot;Hall of Fame&quot; and &quot;Hall of Shame.&quot;<br />
ANTI-ISRAEL LITMUS TESTS<br />
The 535 House and Senate members were evaluated on, among other<br />
issues, the following: opposition to the use of anti-Semitic<br />
propaganda in the Palestinian media and textbooks; opposition to<br />
asking the Palestinian Authority and Syria about the whereabouts of<br />
missing Israeli soldiers and linking aid to that issue; support for<br />
Palestinian statehood prior to the achievement of a peace agreement;<br />
support for a bill prohibiting the use of intelligence on terrorism<br />
for evaluating immigration cases (as in supporters of Hamas who are<br />
liable to deportation); the signing of a letter opposing commutation<br />
of the sentence of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard; opposition to<br />
moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; and<br />
opposition to sanctions on rogue nations like Libya and Iraq.<br />
As far as the Arab lobby is concerned, the more members of Congress<br />
opposed anti-Semitism and terrorism and/or were willing to support<br />
Israel, the less The Washington Report liked them.WHO ARE THEIR HEROES?<br />
Chief among the members of The Washington Report&#039;s &quot;Hall of Fame&quot; is<br />
Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich. Bonior&#039;s animus for Israel is no<br />
surprise, given the large number of Arab-Americans in his Detroit-<br />
area district. It is ominous &#8230;.&quot;<br />
&quot;<br />
Among the other anti-Israel House favorites are John Conyers, D-<br />
Mich.; John Dingell, D-Mich.; Amos Houghton, R-New York; Jesse<br />
Jackson Jr., D-Ill.; John Lewis, D-Ga.; Jim McDermott, D-Wash.;<br />
Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga.; Ron Paul, R-Texas; John Sununnu, R-N.H.;<br />
and Maxine Waters, D-Calif.<br />
In the case of Jackson and Sununu (sons of their famous namesakes),<br />
the anti-Israel apple didn&#039;t fall far from the tree.<br />
The Washington Report&#039;s favorite senators are Spencer Abraham, R-<br />
Mich.; Robert Byrd, D-W.V.; Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.; Chuck Hagel, R-<br />
Neb.; Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Charles Robb, D-Va.; Strom Thurmond, R-<br />
S.C.; and Paul Wellstone, D-Minn. </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chuck Hagel as the United States&#039; Secretary of Defense would be &quot;the most antagonistic Secretary of Defense toward the state of Israel&quot; in U.S. history, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) charged ..Speaking during CNN&#039;s &quot;State of the Union&quot; program, Graham called the former Republican Nebraska Senator an &#8220;in-your-face&#8221; nomination&#8221; and someone who is &#8220;out of the mainstream&#8221; of thinking on foreign policy issues...Chuck Hagel, if confirmed to be the Secretary of Defense, would be the most antagonistic Secretary of Defense toward the state of Israel in our nation&#8217;s history,&quot; Graham told CNN. 
&#8220;Not only has he said you should directly negotiate with Iran, sanctions won&#8217;t work, that Israel should directly negotiate with the Hamas organization, a terrorist group that lobs thousands of rockets into Israel, he also was one of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter to the European Union that Hizbullah should be designated as a terrorist organization,&quot; he added. 
&#8220;He has long severed his ties with the Republican Party. This is an in-your-face nomination by the president,&quot; Graham said. &quot;And it looks like the second term of Barack Obama is going to be an in-your-face term.&quot; 
The Republican Jewish Coalition, along with countless others, has cited a long list of Hagel&#8217;s anti-Israel policies, asserting that his nomination would&#8220;be a slap in the face for every American who is concerned about the safety of Israel.&#8221;...Amnon Lord, a leading political commentator at the Makor Rishon and Maariv newspapers, opined Sunday that if Obama succeeds in appointing Hagel as Secretary of Defense, Israel will have to face Iran on its own. 
&quot;A guy like Chuck Hagel apparently intends to defend the shores of Florida and deploy Arrow and Iron Dome systems in Washington,&quot; he wrote sarcastically. 
&quot;If Hagel&#039;s appointment turns into reality, Israel is apparently on its own in the Iranian matter,&quot; Lord stated.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chuck Hagel as the United States&#039; Secretary of Defense would be &quot;the most antagonistic Secretary of Defense toward the state of Israel&quot; in U.S. history, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) charged ..Speaking during CNN&#039;s &quot;State of the Union&quot; program, Graham called the former Republican Nebraska Senator an &ldquo;in-your-face&rdquo; nomination&rdquo; and someone who is &ldquo;out of the mainstream&rdquo; of thinking on foreign policy issues&#8230;Chuck Hagel, if confirmed to be the Secretary of Defense, would be the most antagonistic Secretary of Defense toward the state of Israel in our nation&rsquo;s history,&quot; Graham told CNN.<br />
&ldquo;Not only has he said you should directly negotiate with Iran, sanctions won&rsquo;t work, that Israel should directly negotiate with the Hamas organization, a terrorist group that lobs thousands of rockets into Israel, he also was one of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter to the European Union that Hizbullah should be designated as a terrorist organization,&quot; he added.<br />
&ldquo;He has long severed his ties with the Republican Party. This is an in-your-face nomination by the president,&quot; Graham said. &quot;And it looks like the second term of Barack Obama is going to be an in-your-face term.&quot;<br />
The Republican Jewish Coalition, along with countless others, has cited a long list of Hagel&rsquo;s anti-Israel policies, asserting that his nomination would&ldquo;be a slap in the face for every American who is concerned about the safety of Israel.&rdquo;&#8230;Amnon Lord, a leading political commentator at the Makor Rishon and Maariv newspapers, opined Sunday that if Obama succeeds in appointing Hagel as Secretary of Defense, Israel will have to face Iran on its own.<br />
&quot;A guy like Chuck Hagel apparently intends to defend the shores of Florida and deploy Arrow and Iron Dome systems in Washington,&quot; he wrote sarcastically.<br />
&quot;If Hagel&#039;s appointment turns into reality, Israel is apparently on its own in the Iranian matter,&quot; Lord stated.  </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, Hagel signed a letter urging President Obama to begin direct negotiations with Hamas, a U.S. designated terrorist group committed in its Charter to the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews. 
In 2008, Hagel was &#8220;solely responsible&#8221; for blocking an Iran sanctions bill (Seth Colter Walls, &#8216;Dems Blame Senate GOP For Blocking Iran Sanctions Bill,&#8217; Huffington Post, March 10, 2008). 
In a 2006 interview with former Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller, Hagel said that &#8220;the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people&#8221; on Capitol Hill (&#8216;Hagel named to intelligence board,&#8217; Jewish Telegraphic Agency, October 29, 2009). 
In August 2006, Hagel was one of only 12 Senators who refused to formally call upon the European Union to designate as a terrorist organization Hizballah, which in 1983 murdered 242 U.S. marines in Beirut (&#039;NJDC Criticizes Senators for Refusing to Call on EU to add Hezbollah to List of Terrorist Organizations,&#039; National Jewish Democratic Council press release, August 7, 2006). 
In July 2006, at the outbreak of the Lebanon war, Hagel argued against giving Israel the time to break Hizballah, urging instead an immediate ceasefire (&#8216;Key Republican breaks with Bush on Mideast,&#8217; CNN.com, July 31, 2006). 
December 2005: Hagel was one of only 27 senators who refused to sign a letter to President Bush urging him to pressure the Palestinian Authority (PA) to ban terrorist groups from participating in Palestinian legislative elections. 
June 2004, Hagel refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to highlight Iran&#039;s nuclear program at the G-8 summit and was one of only two senators in to vote against renewal of the Libya-Iran sanctions act. 
November 2001: Hagel was one of only 11 senators who refused to sign a letter urging President Bush not to meet with the late Yasser Arafat until his forces ended the violence against Israel. 
In July 2001, Hagel was one of only two senators to vote against extending the original Iranian sanctions bill. 
October 2000: Hagel was one of only four senators who refused to sign a Senate letter in support of Israel. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2009, Hagel signed a letter urging President Obama to begin direct negotiations with Hamas, a U.S. designated terrorist group committed in its Charter to the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews.<br />
In 2008, Hagel was &ldquo;solely responsible&rdquo; for blocking an Iran sanctions bill (Seth Colter Walls, &lsquo;Dems Blame Senate GOP For Blocking Iran Sanctions Bill,&rsquo; Huffington Post, March 10, 2008).<br />
In a 2006 interview with former Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller, Hagel said that &ldquo;the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people&rdquo; on Capitol Hill (&lsquo;Hagel named to intelligence board,&rsquo; Jewish Telegraphic Agency, October 29, 2009).<br />
In August 2006, Hagel was one of only 12 Senators who refused to formally call upon the European Union to designate as a terrorist organization Hizballah, which in 1983 murdered 242 U.S. marines in Beirut (&#039;NJDC Criticizes Senators for Refusing to Call on EU to add Hezbollah to List of Terrorist Organizations,&#039; National Jewish Democratic Council press release, August 7, 2006).<br />
In July 2006, at the outbreak of the Lebanon war, Hagel argued against giving Israel the time to break Hizballah, urging instead an immediate ceasefire (&lsquo;Key Republican breaks with Bush on Mideast,&rsquo; CNN.com, July 31, 2006).<br />
December 2005: Hagel was one of only 27 senators who refused to sign a letter to President Bush urging him to pressure the Palestinian Authority (PA) to ban terrorist groups from participating in Palestinian legislative elections.<br />
June 2004, Hagel refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to highlight Iran&#039;s nuclear program at the G-8 summit and was one of only two senators in to vote against renewal of the Libya-Iran sanctions act.<br />
November 2001: Hagel was one of only 11 senators who refused to sign a letter urging President Bush not to meet with the late Yasser Arafat until his forces ended the violence against Israel.<br />
In July 2001, Hagel was one of only two senators to vote against extending the original Iranian sanctions bill.<br />
October 2000: Hagel was one of only four senators who refused to sign a Senate letter in support of Israel. </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 2000: Hagel was one of only 4 Senators who refused to sign a Senate letter in support of Israel. 
* November 2001: Hagel was one of only 11 Senators who refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to continue his policy of not meeting with the Yasir Arafat until the Palestinian leader took steps to end the violence against Israel. 
* June 2004: Hagel refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to highlight Iran&#039;s nuclear program at the G-8 summit. 
* December 2005: Hagel was one of only 27 Senators who refused to sign a letter to President Bush to pressure the Palestinian Authority to ban terrorist groups from participating in Palestinian legislative elections. 
* August 2006: Hagel was one of only 12 Senators who refused to write the EU asking them to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization. 
* August 2006: Anti-Israel group CAIR wrote in praise of Hagel, &quot;Potential presidential candidates for 2008, like Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Joe Biden and Newt Gingrich, were falling all over themselves to express their support for Israel. The only exception to that rule was Senator Chuck Hagel...&quot; 
* March 2009: Hagel was one of 10 former and current foreign policy officials who signed a letter urging Pres. Obama to open direct talks with Hamas leaders. 
* On Iran: Hagel, writing in a May 2006 article for The Financial Times, explicitly ruled out the military option against Iran that Pres. Obama claims to have &#039;kept on the table.&#039; 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>October 2000: Hagel was one of only 4 Senators who refused to sign a Senate letter in support of Israel.<br />
* November 2001: Hagel was one of only 11 Senators who refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to continue his policy of not meeting with the Yasir Arafat until the Palestinian leader took steps to end the violence against Israel.<br />
* June 2004: Hagel refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to highlight Iran&#039;s nuclear program at the G-8 summit.<br />
* December 2005: Hagel was one of only 27 Senators who refused to sign a letter to President Bush to pressure the Palestinian Authority to ban terrorist groups from participating in Palestinian legislative elections.<br />
* August 2006: Hagel was one of only 12 Senators who refused to write the EU asking them to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.<br />
* August 2006: Anti-Israel group CAIR wrote in praise of Hagel, &quot;Potential presidential candidates for 2008, like Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Joe Biden and Newt Gingrich, were falling all over themselves to express their support for Israel. The only exception to that rule was Senator Chuck Hagel&#8230;&quot;<br />
* March 2009: Hagel was one of 10 former and current foreign policy officials who signed a letter urging Pres. Obama to open direct talks with Hamas leaders.<br />
* On Iran: Hagel, writing in a May 2006 article for The Financial Times, explicitly ruled out the military option against Iran that Pres. Obama claims to have &#039;kept on the table.&#039; </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wilson&#039;s book states &quot;I was the only guest.&quot;).9 
Wilson ran his company out of the offices of an investment company 
called Rock Creek Corporation. Rock Creek was controlled by Mohammed 
Alamoudi, whom Wilson had met in 1997 at a reception organized for 
the World Bank by Westar Group. Alamoudi was a member of the Saudi- 
Ethiopian Alamoudi dynasty, which was heavily invested in the 
segments of the African economy Wilson was seeking to penetrate. The 
Alamoudi-affiliated company Delta Services&#8212;a Swiss subsidiary of the 
Saudi company Delta Oil&#8212;handled Iraqi oil export contracts in 2000 
and 2001 and was revealed in 2003 as a recipient of Iraqi Oil-for- 
Food vouchers channeled through Abu Abbas, a Palestinian terrorist 
with Iraqi connections. Delta Services also cooperated with 
Afghanistan&#039;s Taliban regime in a project to build an oil pipeline 
from Afghanistan to Pakistan, prior to this project&#039;s suspension in 
1998. In 1999, Alamoudi was accused by USA Today reporter Jack 
Kelley of heading a bank which was being investigated for financing 
Al Qaeda. USA Today printed retractions of several details in 
Kelley&#039;s article in 2004, after another member of the Alamoudi 
family&#8212;Abdurahman Alamoudi, a prominent American Muslim lobbyist&#8212;was 
indicted on terror-related charges involving a Libyan-backed 
conspiracy to assassinate Saudi Arabia&#039;s Crown Prince Abdullah. 
Abdurahman was ultimately convicted in October 2004 and sentenced to 
23 years in prison.12 Under Mohammed Alamoudi&#039;s direction, Rock 
Creek was chaired by Elias Aburdene, an Arab-American international 
banking advisor and lobbyist who had previously advised banks linked 
to organized crime and intelligence community figures involved in 
the S&amp;L Scam. In 2003 and 2004 Aburdene donated to the Sandhills 
Political Action Committee, which was affiliated with Senator Chuck 
Hagel, 13 a leading Republican critic of the Bush administration&#039;s 
Iraq policy.14 
While Wilson was pursuing his foreign investment ventures, he also 
served as a foreign policy advisor to the 2000 Presidential campaign 
of Al Gore. A company the Gore family had a long-term relationship 
with, Occidental Petroleum, shared business interests with Alamoudi- 
affiliated companies in Africa and the Middle East, and employed as 
Vice President for Middle East business Odeh Aburdene,24 who shared 
a complex network of relationships with Rock Creek&#039;s Elias Aburdene 
and Joseph Wilson&#8212;notably, all three contributed to Arab-American 
Congressional Caucus leader Nick Rahall,25 who supported Muslim 
lobbying groups linked to terrorists and opposed military action in 
Iraq.26 Abdurahman Alamoudi also contributed to Rahall, and sat on 
the steering committee of Arab Americans for Clinton/Gore `96 along 
with his associate James Zogby, who later advised Gore&#039;s 2000 
Presidential campaign.27 Wilson had worked as an aide to Gore from 
1985 to 1986 and had developed a friendly relationship with him. 
Wilson says Gore was the first person outside the State Department 
to contact him expressing support when he was caught in Iraq in the 
middle of the diplomatic crisis leading up to the Gulf War. In 1997 
Gore recommended Wilson to President Clinton to help him plan a trip 
to Africa. When Wilson began publicly opposing Bush&#039;s Iraq policy in 
2002, Gore was still considered a potential candidate in the 2004 
election. Gore&#039;s speeches were then being sponsored by the antiwar 
group Moveon.org, which Wilson would support in September 2003 in an 
attempt to petition Congress against appropriating funds for Iraq 
operations ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wilson&#039;s book states &quot;I was the only guest.&quot;).9<br />
Wilson ran his company out of the offices of an investment company<br />
called Rock Creek Corporation. Rock Creek was controlled by Mohammed<br />
Alamoudi, whom Wilson had met in 1997 at a reception organized for<br />
the World Bank by Westar Group. Alamoudi was a member of the Saudi-<br />
Ethiopian Alamoudi dynasty, which was heavily invested in the<br />
segments of the African economy Wilson was seeking to penetrate. The<br />
Alamoudi-affiliated company Delta Services&mdash;a Swiss subsidiary of the<br />
Saudi company Delta Oil&mdash;handled Iraqi oil export contracts in 2000<br />
and 2001 and was revealed in 2003 as a recipient of Iraqi Oil-for-<br />
Food vouchers channeled through Abu Abbas, a Palestinian terrorist<br />
with Iraqi connections. Delta Services also cooperated with<br />
Afghanistan&#039;s Taliban regime in a project to build an oil pipeline<br />
from Afghanistan to Pakistan, prior to this project&#039;s suspension in<br />
1998. In 1999, Alamoudi was accused by USA Today reporter Jack<br />
Kelley of heading a bank which was being investigated for financing<br />
Al Qaeda. USA Today printed retractions of several details in<br />
Kelley&#039;s article in 2004, after another member of the Alamoudi<br />
family&mdash;Abdurahman Alamoudi, a prominent American Muslim lobbyist&mdash;was<br />
indicted on terror-related charges involving a Libyan-backed<br />
conspiracy to assassinate Saudi Arabia&#039;s Crown Prince Abdullah.<br />
Abdurahman was ultimately convicted in October 2004 and sentenced to<br />
23 years in prison.12 Under Mohammed Alamoudi&#039;s direction, Rock<br />
Creek was chaired by Elias Aburdene, an Arab-American international<br />
banking advisor and lobbyist who had previously advised banks linked<br />
to organized crime and intelligence community figures involved in<br />
the S&amp;L Scam. In 2003 and 2004 Aburdene donated to the Sandhills<br />
Political Action Committee, which was affiliated with Senator Chuck<br />
Hagel, 13 a leading Republican critic of the Bush administration&#039;s<br />
Iraq policy.14<br />
While Wilson was pursuing his foreign investment ventures, he also<br />
served as a foreign policy advisor to the 2000 Presidential campaign<br />
of Al Gore. A company the Gore family had a long-term relationship<br />
with, Occidental Petroleum, shared business interests with Alamoudi-<br />
affiliated companies in Africa and the Middle East, and employed as<br />
Vice President for Middle East business Odeh Aburdene,24 who shared<br />
a complex network of relationships with Rock Creek&#039;s Elias Aburdene<br />
and Joseph Wilson&mdash;notably, all three contributed to Arab-American<br />
Congressional Caucus leader Nick Rahall,25 who supported Muslim<br />
lobbying groups linked to terrorists and opposed military action in<br />
Iraq.26 Abdurahman Alamoudi also contributed to Rahall, and sat on<br />
the steering committee of Arab Americans for Clinton/Gore `96 along<br />
with his associate James Zogby, who later advised Gore&#039;s 2000<br />
Presidential campaign.27 Wilson had worked as an aide to Gore from<br />
1985 to 1986 and had developed a friendly relationship with him.<br />
Wilson says Gore was the first person outside the State Department<br />
to contact him expressing support when he was caught in Iraq in the<br />
middle of the diplomatic crisis leading up to the Gulf War. In 1997<br />
Gore recommended Wilson to President Clinton to help him plan a trip<br />
to Africa. When Wilson began publicly opposing Bush&#039;s Iraq policy in<br />
2002, Gore was still considered a potential candidate in the 2004<br />
election. Gore&#039;s speeches were then being sponsored by the antiwar<br />
group Moveon.org, which Wilson would support in September 2003 in an<br />
attempt to petition Congress against appropriating funds for Iraq<br />
operations </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report: Hagel Receiving Donations From &#039;Friends of Hamas&#039; 
Hagel has refused to release documents on sources of foreign funding because he is purportedly receiving donations from &#8220;Friends of Hamas.&#8221; 
 
By Rachel Hirshfeld  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Report: Hagel Receiving Donations From &#039;Friends of Hamas&#039;<br />
Hagel has refused to release documents on sources of foreign funding because he is purportedly receiving donations from &ldquo;Friends of Hamas.&rdquo; </p>
<p>By Rachel Hirshfeld  </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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An op-ed by longtime Arutz Sheva contributor Mark Langfan has been picked up by Breitbart News. 
Langfan&#8217;s op-ed, which was posted to Arutz Sheva on Saturday, exposed that former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), President Barack Obama&#8217;s nominee for Secretary of Defense, co-authored a 2009 report that called for U.S. troops to lead a peacekeeping force that would patrol the future borders between Israel and a Palestinian state. 
The report also suggested that peace could be imposed from outside by the U.S., describing arguments to the contrary as &#8220;invalid.&#8221; Breitbart published an article on the report Sunday, noting that it was previously referenced in Arutz Sheva. 
The report, co-authored by Hagel with Carter administration Secretary of State Zbigniew Brzezinski and former George H.W. Bush adviser Brent Scowcroft, among others, was produced in an effort to influence Obama administration policy in the president&#8217;s first term. 
It called upon the new president to make resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) a top priority &#8220;early in his presidency&#8221; and to override &#8220;certain domestic constituencies.&#8221; 
The report called for the U.S. military to be deployed as part of its suggested plan for peace, which calls for a &#8220;non-militarized Palestinian state, together with security mechanisms that address Israeli concerns while respecting Palestinian sovereignty, and a U.S.- led multinational force to ensure a peaceful transitional security period. This coalition peacekeeping structure, under UN mandate, would feature American leadership of a NATO force supplemented by Jordanians, Egyptians and Israelis. We can envision a five-year, renewable mandate with the objective of achieving full Palestinian domination of security affairs on the Palestine side of the line within 15 years.&#8221; 
In addition, the report called for the U.S. to encourage Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations, and to take a &#8220;more pragmatic approach&#8221; to the Hamas terror organization in control of Gaza. 
Breitbart noted that elements of the report seem to have found their way into President Obama&#8217;s policy. ]]></description>
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An op-ed by longtime Arutz Sheva contributor Mark Langfan has been picked up by Breitbart News.<br />
Langfan&rsquo;s op-ed, which was posted to Arutz Sheva on Saturday, exposed that former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), President Barack Obama&rsquo;s nominee for Secretary of Defense, co-authored a 2009 report that called for U.S. troops to lead a peacekeeping force that would patrol the future borders between Israel and a Palestinian state.<br />
The report also suggested that peace could be imposed from outside by the U.S., describing arguments to the contrary as &ldquo;invalid.&rdquo; Breitbart published an article on the report Sunday, noting that it was previously referenced in Arutz Sheva.<br />
The report, co-authored by Hagel with Carter administration Secretary of State Zbigniew Brzezinski and former George H.W. Bush adviser Brent Scowcroft, among others, was produced in an effort to influence Obama administration policy in the president&rsquo;s first term.<br />
It called upon the new president to make resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) a top priority &ldquo;early in his presidency&rdquo; and to override &ldquo;certain domestic constituencies.&rdquo;<br />
The report called for the U.S. military to be deployed as part of its suggested plan for peace, which calls for a &ldquo;non-militarized Palestinian state, together with security mechanisms that address Israeli concerns while respecting Palestinian sovereignty, and a U.S.- led multinational force to ensure a peaceful transitional security period. This coalition peacekeeping structure, under UN mandate, would feature American leadership of a NATO force supplemented by Jordanians, Egyptians and Israelis. We can envision a five-year, renewable mandate with the objective of achieving full Palestinian domination of security affairs on the Palestine side of the line within 15 years.&rdquo;<br />
In addition, the report called for the U.S. to encourage Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations, and to take a &ldquo;more pragmatic approach&rdquo; to the Hamas terror organization in control of Gaza.<br />
Breitbart noted that elements of the report seem to have found their way into President Obama&rsquo;s policy. </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hagel is also a board of directors member of both the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the Ploughshares Fund. Ploughshares gives financial support to a number of organizations sympathetic to the theocratic regime of Iran and hostile to Israel. One such group is the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), the Iranian regime&#8217;s principal lobbyist in the United States. NIAC has a strong relationship with the Obama administration, as indicated by Andrew C. McCarthy&#039;s report in National Review: &quot;[NIAC&#039;s] top official, Trita Parsi, visits the White House, consults with Valerie Jarrett, briefs Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton, lectures the CIA, and so on.&quot; Moreover, Hagel personally has had noteworthy ties to NIAC and its precursor organization (the American-Iranian Council), giving speeches in opposition to sanctions against Iran (vis a vis its nuclear program) and advocating unconditional negotiations with the mullahs in Tehran.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Hagel is also a board of directors member of both the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the Ploughshares Fund. Ploughshares gives financial support to a number of organizations sympathetic to the theocratic regime of Iran and hostile to Israel. One such group is the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), the Iranian regime&rsquo;s principal lobbyist in the United States. NIAC has a strong relationship with the Obama administration, as indicated by Andrew C. McCarthy&#039;s report in National Review: &quot;[NIAC&#039;s] top official, Trita Parsi, visits the White House, consults with Valerie Jarrett, briefs Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton, lectures the CIA, and so on.&quot; Moreover, Hagel personally has had noteworthy ties to NIAC and its precursor organization (the American-Iranian Council), giving speeches in opposition to sanctions against Iran (vis a vis its nuclear program) and advocating unconditional negotiations with the mullahs in Tehran.  </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 Hagel joined the board of directors of Chevron. That same year, one of the Turkish donors to the Atlantic Council&#8212;Turkish Petroleum Corporation&#8212;signed a major deal with Chevron for joint oil exploration in the Black Sea. The potential significance of this is discussed ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2010 Hagel joined the board of directors of Chevron. That same year, one of the Turkish donors to the Atlantic Council&mdash;Turkish Petroleum Corporation&mdash;signed a major deal with Chevron for joint oil exploration in the Black Sea. The potential significance of this is discussed </p>
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		<title>By: fellowtruthteller</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-4322067</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[fellowtruthteller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 Hagel joined the board of directors of Chevron. That same year, one of the Turkish donors to the Atlantic Council&#8212;Turkish Petroleum Corporation&#8212;signed a major deal with Chevron for joint oil exploration in the Black Sea. The potential significance of this is discussed 
at  &lt;a href=&quot;http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-que...&lt;/a&gt; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2010 Hagel joined the board of directors of Chevron. That same year, one of the Turkish donors to the Atlantic Council&mdash;Turkish Petroleum Corporation&mdash;signed a major deal with Chevron for joint oil exploration in the Black Sea. The potential significance of this is discussed<br />
at  <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-que" rel="nofollow">http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-que</a>&#8230; </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-4271408</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;I&#039;m sorry you live in such a constant state of fear.&quot; 
 
 
Fear has no role in life on earth. Go play on the freeway and prove your own point. We&#039;ll watch from a key vantage point where we can all see how you do. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;I&#039;m sorry you live in such a constant state of fear.&quot; </p>
<p>Fear has no role in life on earth. Go play on the freeway and prove your own point. We&#039;ll watch from a key vantage point where we can all see how you do. </p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-4268791</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCREW SOCIALISM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EarlyTurd, 
 
Even an uneducated boob like yourself may have learned that the Jews were in Israel before the bandit &quot;prophet&quot; mohammed came on the scene - or maybe not. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EarlyTurd, </p>
<p>Even an uneducated boob like yourself may have learned that the Jews were in Israel before the bandit &quot;prophet&quot; mohammed came on the scene &#8211; or maybe not. </p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-4268786</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCREW SOCIALISM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like you made a fool of yourself again. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like you made a fool of yourself again. </p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-4268779</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCREW SOCIALISM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EarlyTurd - another fascist socialist. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EarlyTurd &#8211; another fascist socialist. </p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-4268776</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCREW SOCIALISM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EarlyTurd,  
 
$100 per barrel oil damages world economies. 
 
SMASH the OPEC cartel. 
 
If that&#039;s OK with you comrade. 
 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EarlyTurd,  </p>
<p>$100 per barrel oil damages world economies. </p>
<p>SMASH the OPEC cartel. </p>
<p>If that&#039;s OK with you comrade. </p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/key-questions-on-chuck-hagel-go-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-4268773</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCREW SOCIALISM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EarlyTurd, 
 
OPEC rapes the entire world with $100 per barrel. 
 
Time to smash the OPEC cartel. 
 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EarlyTurd, </p>
<p>OPEC rapes the entire world with $100 per barrel. </p>
<p>Time to smash the OPEC cartel. </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a bizarre, paranoid world you live in, William.  I&#039;m sorry you live in such a constant state of fear.   
 
When was the last time you actually &quot;liked&quot; America, felt comfortable and part of it?  1965?   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a bizarre, paranoid world you live in, William.  I&#039;m sorry you live in such a constant state of fear.   </p>
<p>When was the last time you actually &quot;liked&quot; America, felt comfortable and part of it?  1965?   </p>
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