Chuck Hagel’s Trainwreck Senate Hearing

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Hagel’s one goal going into the hearing was not to screw up. And he screwed up at that. Republican Senators appear to be shifting away from him, even more so than before. And the Democratic Senators found themselves having to do more than just toss him softball questions, but to actually help him out

Hagel Claims Iran has “Legitimate, Elected” Government

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Hagel has been accused of having close ties to the Iran Lobby and moments like these certainly do not help.

With Hagel, George Soros Finally Gets His Own Defense Secretary

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The Poughshares Fund has also partnered with a who’s who of the radical left, including Code Pink, the pro-Palestinian J Street, United for Peace & Justice, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Demos progressive group, where Obama’s former green jobs czar, Van Jones, serves on the board.

Hagel Served as Keynote Speaker at Fundraiser for Iran Lobby

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Hagel has long-standing ties with the pro-Tehran lobby in the United States. Since 2002, he has appeared as a keynote speaker at fund-raisers and conferences for the American-Iranian Council, a group whose founder, Housang Amirahmadi, has boasted that he is “the Iranian lobby in the United States.”

Colin Powell Claims Calling Obama “Lazy” is Racist, but “Jewish Lobby” is Fine

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Colin Powell is against certain kinds of racism. Like the vile racism of calling a top politician “lazy”. But conspiracy theories about a “Jewish Lobby” are perfectly fine.

Chuck Hagel’s Muslim Genocide Denial

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“What Chuck Hagel said in his press conference in Armenia in 2005 regarding the genocide of Armenians by Turks is shameful,” said Walter Reich, a former director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Chuck Hagel: “Terrorists Cannot be Defeated on the Battlefield”

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In 2005, a year earlier, Hagel was even more explicit saying that Gaza could not “remain a prison to its own citizens” and encouraging a “grand bargain with Iran’s people.” Three years earlier, Hagel had called for “a regional security plan for the Persian Gulf by working with the United Nations, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, and Iraq.”

Chuck Hagel’s Saudi Connection

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In the spring of 2010, Chuck Hagel was nominated to serve on the Board of Directors of Chevron. There is no American oil company with more intimate connections than Chevron, which created ARAMCO before the Saudis took it over. But the Saudis didn’t just take over ARAMCO, they control Chevron indirectly through oil.

Why is a Gambler from Hong Kong Funding the Pro-Hagel Campaign?

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Behind the bipartisan campaign is a partisan rich man who operates out of China and has done his best to influence the choice of the next Defense Secretary

Does Anyone Actually Want Hagel for Secretary of Defense?

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In a Senate where McCain and Kerry can get along swimmingly despite their dramatic differences on Vietnam, where Lieberman can bridge both sides of the aisle, and where there is a good deal of collegiality, no one has much fondness for Hagel. Kerry, for all his faults, is expected to be easily confirmed. Hagel, on the other hand, is despised. Both men have similar politics, but different personalities. Where most Senators have made friends, Hagel seems to have left behind only enemies.