Posts Tagged: Chuck Hagel
Senator Lindsey Graham to Place Hold on Hagel, Brennan Nominations
Wall Street Journal - A top Republican senator said Sunday he planned to hold up President Barack Obama's nominees for the Pentagon and...
Hagel Fight Heats Up With Senators’ Grilling, Pro-Israel Christian Opposition
By Jacob Kamaras and Maxine Dovere. WASHINGTON, DC - Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's defense secretary nominee who has come under fire for both his...
Hagel Grilled by Senators as Confirmation Hearings Begin
USA Today - Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel told senators on Thursday that no single statement defines him, and he is committed to ...
Christian Leaders Converge on DC to Lobby Against Hagel Confirmation
Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg (left) raises a question to Rabbi Pesach Lerner at the CUFI (Christians United for Israel) emergency lobbying session ...
Obama’s Call for “Peace in Our Time”: Some Aids to Reflection
In the context of his usual call for "engagement" (rather than war) with nations who harbor "suspicion and fear" of America, President Obama in his...
Hagel Performs Poorly in Accidental Press Conference
Politico - Chuck Hagel wandered into the lion's den Tuesday. Except for a single unusual interview with a home state newspaper, the former Republican...
Journalist: Obama Says “Israel Doesn’t Know What its Own Best Interests Are”
The same reports of tension between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that persisted leading up to November's U.S. election have re-emerged before...
Hagel to Meet With Chuck Schumer to Discuss Israel, Iran
New York Times - Former Senator Chuck Hagel will meet with Senator Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat and the most influential Jewish...
Opinion: Hagel Nomination Sends Chilling Signal About Obama’s Second Term
In light of the opposition generated when former senator Chuck Hagel's candidacy for defense secretary was initially mooted, most analysts predicted - mistakenly ...
Chuck Hagel Joins the Palestine Firsters
Chuck Hagel established himself as a Palestine Firster on October 27, 2009, speaking at J Street's first national conference: "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is central, not...
Senator Blumenthal: I Think Hagel Will Be Confirmed
Politico - Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said on Sunday he believes former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will be confirmed by the Senate as secretary of...
Why Obama Hearts Hagel
The last time I wrote about President Obama's then only rumored selection of Chuck Hagel I said two things I knew I would wish to...
Chuck Schumer May be Chuck Hagel Decider
Politico - Chuck Schumer is quietly letting out the word: He's far from sold that Chuck Hagel will be a staunch advocate of Israel. And it's...
Does Chuck Hagel Have Enough Friends in the Senate?
Politico - Chuck Hagel probably never thought he'd have to win a popularity contest in the Senate. Maybe that's why he wasn't terribly careful about whom...
