Posted on 02/17/2013 2:48:32 PM PST by haffast
If nothing else, the congressional break for the week of Presidents’ Day is a cooling-off period for the fight over former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be secretary of defense.
Questions about President Obama’s handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans, including the US ambassador – an issue, by the way, which Mr. Hagel had nothing to do with – are being answered to the apparent satisfaction of Republicans … at least to the point where they’re willing to end their de facto filibuster of Hagel’s nomination.
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Sen. Graham, along with Sen. John McCain, led the opposition to Hagel in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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“The president isn’t done with Benghazi,” McDonough said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. “He’s demanded of us, since that night, to find out exactly what happened, and to make every reform needed to ensure it does not happen again.”
The politics of the Hagel nomination are obvious to those aware of election cycles – particularly regarding Sen. Graham, who faces reelection next year and the likelihood of a challenge from his right (as did Sen. McCain in 2010).
“Graham's antics have as much to do with events in Columbia, S.C., as with events in Washington,” writes Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank. “His sentiments are no doubt genuine, but the ferocity with which he has been attacking the Obama administration – taking a high-profile role on Benghazi, Susan Rice, Hagel and gun control – are helping him to repel a tea party primary challenge at home.”
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Must be one of Roves buddies.
I’ve never heard of him, either.
If Jebbie is for Rubio, then Rubio is an establishment plant and probably always has been. He may be jealous of “Lovable Lindsey”’s press attention.
hmmm A Catholic Syrian...why in the world would he be supportive of Hagel who is clearly in the tank for muslims????
George Ajjan
"Born and raised in New Jersey, he received a Bachelor's degree from The Johns Hopkins University. Following undergraduate studies, Mr. Ajjan enjoyed a successful management career at Procter & Gamble, later earning an MBA from the London Business School in 2003. He is married to international corporate attorney Joëlle Choueifati."
George Ajjan's Wife:
Joëlle Choueifati, Esq.
"Joëlle Choueifati, currently Of Counsel to the Beirut law firm of Kobeissi & Frangié, is an accomplished Lebanese American attorney with more than 15 years experience practicing corporate law on 3 continents."
"A fully tri-lingual dual citizen, Ms. Choueifati currently resides in Beirut with her husband, international political consultant George Ajjan, and their son Michael."
http://www.uslebanonlaw.com/
Ajjan Associates
"international political strategy consultants"
Did Hagel claim State Department was controlled by Israel?
http://video.foxnews.com/v/2173808062001/
Fox News probes my role in the Chuck Hagel hearings - 2-18-2013
http://www.ajjan.com/2013/02/fox-news-probes-my-role-in-chuck-hagel.html
Discussing the implications of Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary on Sky News - 1-8-2013
"I think the criticism of Hagel that he's somehow anti-Israeli is patently ridiculous. What he's clearly said is that this is not a zero-sum game. Having good relations with Israel is not mutually exclusive of having good relations with Arab countries or Muslim countries or trying to ease tensions between the United States and Iran. So I think that's actually something to celebrate in a Defense Secretary nominee: someone who's not going to be trigger-happy in terms of wanting to go to war with Iran."
http://www.ajjan.com/2013/01/i-think-criticism-of-hagel-that-hes.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hcuizskjzOY
Supporter of Iranian dictatorship brought Chuck Hagel to Rutgers University for 2007 speech - 3:26 AM 02/18/2013
Chuck Hagel: the darling of Tehran - 1:45 PM 01/28/2013
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/28/chuck-hagel-the-darling-of-tehran/
It's time to do some HOUSE CLEANING come 2014.. And this CANNOT happen UNLESS and UNTIL the 0bamaMedia is outed, discredited, condemned and cast into the pits of hell.
Exactly. NASA generated too much patriotic nationalism in America and had to be essentially done away with. That is exactly WHY NASA has been castrated by 0bama. Ripping apart American pride, sovereignty and superpower status, one element at a time.
Maybe the DNC is still getting mileage out of those 900 FBI files that Hitlery stole?
Most of my links regarding Hagel are long dead, but this one still works.
http://mehr.org/AIC_Washington_Times.htm
Rockefellers, British Royals, and George Soros.
Just wonderful.
They were all looking for oil contracts. I am not so sure about ARCO because the BP takeover was completed in 2000 and was a couple of years in the making. ARCO wasn’t concerned about future investments. So, with that one lie, does that throw the rest into question? I don’t know. Previous articles mention CONOCO.
Thank-you.
I just don’t see a point in trying to block Hagel. Whoever becomes the secretary of defense will carry out 0bama’s same crappy policies. Blocking Hagel would accomplish squat. The real problem is 0bama.
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