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January 26, 2013
Secret Donors Finance Fight Against Hagel
By JIM RUTENBERG
A brand new conservative group calling
itself Americans for a Strong Defense and financed by anonymous donors is
running advertisements urging Democratic senators in five states to vote against
Chuck
Hagel
, President
Obama’s
nominee to be secretary of defense, saying he would make the United States “a
weaker country.”
Another freshly minted and anonymously
backed organization, Use Your Mandate, which presents itself as a liberal gay
rights group but purchases its television time through a prominent Republican
firm, is attacking Mr. Hagel as “anti-Gay,” “anti-woman” and “anti-Israel” in
ads and mailers.
Those groups are joining at least five
others that are organizing to stop Mr. Hagel’s confirmation, a goal even they
acknowledge appears to be increasingly challenging. But the effort comes with a
built-in consolation prize should it fail: depleting some of Mr. Obama’s
political capital as he embarks on a new term with fresh momentum.
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