Secretary of Defense on Townhall

• Senate approves Hagel as new secretary of defense Tue Feb 26
  Reuters News
• Senate Clears Way for Hagel Confirmation Tue Feb 26
  Washington, D.C.
  The Senate has voted to move forward on the nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, clearing the way for confirmation of President Barack Obama's choice. The vote was 71-27 on Tuesday to end the GOP filibuster. ... more
• Report: Hagel Dumped on Israel, Netanyahu in 2010 Speech Wed Feb 20
  Guy Benson
• Keep Talking, Senators: Of Filibusters and Chuck Hagel Tue Feb 19
  Paul Greenberg
  Not since the eminently forgettable and now justly forgotten Louis A. Johnson was chosen to dismantle the country's military budget after the Second World War -- just in time to leave this country woefully unprepared for the Korean one -- has a nominee for secretary of defense represented so clear and present a danger to the national security. ... more
• BREAKING: Senate Blocks Initial Confirmation Vote on Hagel Thu Feb 14
  Guy Benson
• Chuck Hagel Won't Withdraw Despite High Chance of Nomination Defeat Thu Feb 14
  Katie Pavlich
• Graham to hold up Hagel, Brennan nominations Mon Feb 11
  Washington, D.C.
  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says he doesn't think the nominations of Chuck Hagel to Defense Secretary and John Brennan to CIA Director should move forward until the White House answers some pressing questions on the consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya. ... more
• The Senate Must Reject Hagel Tue Feb 5
  David Limbaugh
  The Senate's "advice and consent" role doesn't require it to rubber-stamp a presidential appointee for secretary of defense who senators believe would weaken America in this increasingly dangerous world. ... more
• Actions Speak Louder Sat Feb 2
  Paul Greenberg
  Washington continues to talk, but only talk, about the danger of Bashar al-Assad's increasingly desperate regime in Syria distributing its arsenal of high-tech or even nuclear weapons to terrorists throughout the Mideast. ... more
• Mr. President: Chuck Hagel! Fri Feb 1
  Ken Blackwell
  Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be Secretary of Defense should be withdrawn now. He delivered what may be the worst performance at a confirmation hearing ever given. He was described as “confused,” “befuddled,” and “self contradicting.” One of Mr. Hagel’s own backers deplored the lack of “charisma” the nominee showed during the hearings. ... more
• Hagel Testimony = Fail Fri Feb 1
  Rich Galen
  I subscribe to the general theory that a President - Republican or Democrat should be able to have the people running his Departments, Commissions and Agencies that he wants. ... more
• Repub & Dem Insist Hagel "Reconsider" Signing Israel Solidarity Letter Fri Feb 1
  Washington, D.C.
  In case you were not sure how Chuck Hagel felt about Israel after his "Jewish lobby" comment. ... more
• McCain Grills "Old Friend" Hagel On Iraq Troop Surge--Hagel Refuses To Talk Fri Feb 1
  Washington, D.C.
  Friends after this? We would say in my home state of Minnesota: Not so much. ... more
• Inhofe: Hagel's Views 'Very Troubling And Out Of The Mainstream' Fri Feb 1
  Washington, D.C.
  Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, told the hearing today that while he respects Hagel's service, he cannot support his nomination. Inhofe detailed issues which Hagel has "switched positions" in the last few weeks. ... more
• Rubio to Oppose Hagel Nomination Thu Jan 31
  Katie Pavlich
• Panetta's Cowardly Decision Tue Jan 29
  Phyllis Schlafly
  In a newsworthy act of political cowardice, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ran through the Pentagon's exit door as he announced he is striking down the 1994 Combat Exclusion Law. His timing means his successor, presumably Chuck Hagel, will inherit the task of defending the order to assign women to front-line military combat. ... more
• The Hagel Case Thu Jan 17
  Emmett Tyrrell
  Former senator Chuck Hagel is a suave, energetic, spirited fellow. He is intelligent, and from his early youth apparently patriotic and undoubtedly courageous. He showed that in Vietnam. Hagel has been a Republican senator and an accomplished businessman. Now he is President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of defense. ... more
• Chuck Hagel: A Man to Watch -- Carefully Tue Jan 15
  Paul Greenberg
  It should be interesting, the confirmation hearings on the nomination of Charles Hagel to be the next secretary of defense of the United States. ... more
• The Hagel Pick Telegraphs Weakness Fri Jan 11
  Ken Blackwell
  President Obama’s choice of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel for Sec. of Defense is a dangerous choice that telegraphs weakness toward Iran. In the Senate, Mr. Hagel compiled a worrisome record toward the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. ... more
• Is Hagel out of the Mainstream? Fri Jan 11
  Pat Buchanan
  "Chuck Hagel is out of the mainstream of thinking ... on most issues regarding foreign policy," says GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham. Neocon William Kristol concurs: Hagel is "out on the fringes." ... more
• Obama Lurches Left With Pick of Hagel for Defense Thu Jan 10
  Michael Barone
  Barack Obama, we have been told by his admirers on the left and right, is an instinctive centrist, a moderate always ready to negotiate compromises, a politician deeply interested in the nuances of public policy. ... more
• Why the War Party Fears Hagel Fri Dec 28
  Pat Buchanan
  In the fortnight since Chuck Hagel's name was floated for secretary of defense, we have witnessed Washington at its worst. ... more

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