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Monday, December 31, 2012

The Preemptive War on Hagel

The Preemptive War on Hagel

Elizabeth Drew, New York Review of Books
Israel Policy ForumChuck Hagel giving a keynote address to the Israel Policy Forum, December 4, 2008Far more is at stake in Barack Obama's decision on whether to nominate Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense than whether Chuck Hagel is nominated. What the president decides will bear on: his effectiveness in his second term; any president's ability to form a government; whether an independent voice can be raised on a highly sensitive issue in opposition to the views of a powerful lobby and still be named to a significant government position; whether there is actually a proper...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/12/30/the_preemptive_war_on_hagel_298791.html

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