1.0 link 109681 <![CDATA[Memo to the Candidates]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-chuck-hagel/memo-to-the-candidates_b_109681.html WASHINGTON, D.C. - Below is the text of a speech entitled "Memo to the Candidates" United States Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) delivered today at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution:

"In 1979, one of America's greatest journalists, Hugh Sidey, wrote, 'Politics, when all is said and done, is a business of belief and enthusiasm. Hope energizes, doubt destroys. Hopelessness is not our heritage.' These are wise words as America prepares for a defining presidential election.

Elections are about course corrections,...

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