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If Nominated, Should The Senate Confirm Chuck Hagel as SecDef?

If Nominated, Should The Senate Confirm Chuck Hagel as SecDef?

  • I am a conservative and think he should be confirmed

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  • I am a liberal and think he should be confirmed

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • I am a conservative and think he should NOT be confirmed

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I am a liberal and think he should NOT be confirmed

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other, don't know

    Votes: 2 66.7%
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White House defends Hagel as Obama mulls Pentagon choice - Yahoo! News

The front runner for Secretary of Defense is Chuck Hagel, who was the US Senator from Nebraska(Republican) until 2008 when he retired. He served in Vietnam where he was awarded 2 purple crosses. Some republicans are attacking his potential nomination. Their contentions:

1: He once referred negatively to the "Jewish lobby". The exact quote: "The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here."
2: He has been critical of Israel at times.
3: He has been critical of the trade embargo with Cuba.
4: He was critical of aspects of the Iraq war.

To balance that out, he did claim he misspoke when referring to the Jewish lobby and meant Israel lobby, he has been supportive of Israel at times, and did vote in favor of the Iraq war.

So, the question is, based on what you know(and some of you probably know more than me about him), should the senate confirm him if he is nominated? Note the question is not whether he is the best choice, but whether, if chosen, he is good enough that he should be confirmed.
 
Yes, I support Chuck Hagel.
 
On the surface, he looks ok, but why, out of the blue, would it turn out that Hagel is buddies with Obama?

It's also bothersome that Hagel is a pro-amnesty type.

Naturally the fact of being Obama's choice makes him highly suspect.
 
Ray410 said:
On the surface, he looks ok, but why, out of the blue, would it turn out that Hagel is buddies with Obama?

It's also bothersome that Hagel is a pro-amnesty type.

Naturally the fact of being Obama's choice makes him highly suspect.
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It is not out of the blue. Hagel was rumored to be a possible VP choice in 2008 for Obama.
 
Ray410 said:
On the surface, he looks ok, but why, out of the blue, would it turn out that Hagel is buddies with Obama?

It's also bothersome that Hagel is a pro-amnesty type.

Naturally the fact of being Obama's choice makes him highly suspect.
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Hagel would be another GOP traitor.

First Colin Powell endorses Obama.
Then Crist becomes a Democrat.
Next, Chris Christie heaps unending praise on Obama days before the election.
Now it appears Hagel will be the next traitor.
 
Redress said:
White House defends Hagel as Obama mulls Pentagon choice - Yahoo! News

The front runner for Secretary of Defense is Chuck Hagel, who was the US Senator from Nebraska(Republican) until 2008 when he retired. He served in Vietnam where he was awarded 2 purple crosses. Some republicans are attacking his potential nomination. Their contentions:

1: He once referred negatively to the "Jewish lobby". The exact quote: "The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here."
2: He has been critical of Israel at times.
3: He has been critical of the trade embargo with Cuba.
4: He was critical of aspects of the Iraq war.

To balance that out, he did claim he misspoke when referring to the Jewish lobby and meant Israel lobby, he has been supportive of Israel at times, and did vote in favor of the Iraq war.

So, the question is, based on what you know(and some of you probably know more than me about him), should the senate confirm him if he is nominated? Note the question is not whether he is the best choice, but whether, if chosen, he is good enough that he should be confirmed.
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I don't mind Hagel.... neither like or dislike...

I disagree with some of his stances, but I like to see a successful businessman and Nam combat Vet get his.


I wonder how him being a successful investment banker and CEO /chairman of a voting machines company will fly with the left though?... usually that stuff is seen as evil by them... but i think it will be overlooked this time...as will him being a millionaire.
 
Don't know enough about him to form an opinion. None of the controversies you listed are complete deal breakers to me, though I feel support of Israel will be important right now.
 
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