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Hagel Nomination Moves Forward

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Tuesday to close debate on Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's embattled nominee for secretary of defense, by a vote ...

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Kerry and Hagel, Vietnam and Iraq

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.21.2013 | Politics
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Joseph A. Palermo

Kerry and Hagel (like Colin Powell) missed their historical moment. Had they opposed Bush's war they might have made a difference. Now perhaps they can use their cabinet posts to implement a policy or two of atonement.

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The Nintendo Warriors Rise Again

William S. Becker | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
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William S. Becker

The lesson of Vietnam is not that the United States should never go to war. It's that war is a last resort to be used only when there's a damn good reason and peaceful options have been exhausted.

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Chuck Hagel's Early -- But formative -- Days

David Wood | Posted 03.16.2013 | Politics
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David Wood

These tidbits from David Hendee's wonderful profile of Chuck Hagel in the Omaha World Herald, may never come up in the confirmation hearings, but they...

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Iran Says It's Hopeful On Hagel Nomination

AP | Posted 01.08.2013 | World
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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's Foreign Ministry says it is hopeful the appointment of former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon would i...

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Hagel Nomination Unnerves Some In Israel

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 03.09.2013 | World
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JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some ci...

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Obama, GOP Prepare For Battle

Posted 03.09.2013 | Politics
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By TOM RAUM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama is heading toward bruising fights on Capitol Hill on multiple fronts even before second-te...

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Hagel Reportedly To Be Nominated For Secretary Of Defense

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.04.2013 | Politics
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Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will in all likelihood be nominated as secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama, according to reports from Fore...

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