Yes, Hagel might not have been great, but he was obviously way too supportive of the US for Obama’s tastes. I do recall that there some of Hagel’s thoughts and goals became public this fall, and Obama was obviously outraged then.
He may seem weak and incompetent to us here, but by the standards of the WH, he was positively a Gen. MacArthur.
Betcha Obama appoints a Muslim now.
He would do that. Just to be in our faces.
“Betcha Obama appoints a Muslim now.”
That’s my guess, at least a muslim sympathizer.