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US Defense Secretary Nominee Grilled
Friday, February 1, 2013 16:40
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President Obama's nomination for the position of US Defense secretary receives a grilling at the hands of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Full Story: President Obama's first choice for the position of US Defense Secretary receives a grilling at the hands of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran, is charged as being anti-Israel and soft on Iran. Oklahoma senator James Inhofe accuses Hagel of holding extreme views outside of mainstream opinion. [James Inhofe, Oklahoma Senator]: (male, English) “On many of the security challenges facing the US interests around the world, Senator Hagel's record is deeply troubling and out of the mainstream. Too often, it seems, he's willing to subscribe to a world-wide view that is predicated on appeasing our adversaries while shunning our friends.” Republican 2008 presidential nominee John McCain also took Hagel to task over comments made about the 2007 American troop surge in Iraq. [John McCain, Arizona Senator]: (male, English) “Were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam? Were you correct or incorrect? Yes or no?” [Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary Nominee]: (male, English) “My reference to the surge being…” [John McCain, Arizona Senator]: (male, English) “Are you going to answer the question, Senator Hagel? The question is, were you right or wrong? That's a …
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