thewashingtonnote.com - 10/16/2008
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One of these days, I'm going to post a long roster of foreign policy speeches and other writing by Senator Chuck Hagel . I'll set The Washington Note up as the journal of record of "Hagelism" since I believe that we as a nation are going to be repeatedly coming back to his strategically ...
news.yahoo.com - 10/20/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
WASHINGTON Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting
firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have...
regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to ...
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AP IMPACT: Mortgage firm arranged stealth campaign - ...
americanthinker.com - 10/20/2008
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americanthinker.com —
One indicator came on July 24, 2001, when
the Senate voted 96 to 2 to renew the...
Iran-Libya Sanctions Act. The act helps deny Iran and Libya money that they would spend on supporting terror or acquiring weapons of mass destruction. The two senators who ...
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American Thinker Blog: Hagel for Defense Secretary if ...
powerlineblog.com - 10/20/2008
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powerlineblog.com —
According to the Times of London , Barack
Obama has "tipped" Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to be...
his Secretary of Defense. Supposedly, Hegel would be part of a group of "high-profile appointments who would command the confidence of the country at ...
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Does Chuck Hagel command your confidence?
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Hagel Hype
Corrente —
It truly sickens me the way Republicans can spend a lifetime of running our country into the ground, go on Sunday morning TV, make a few nice sounds and presto, he’s cabinet material.
The latest from Steve Clemons: Chuck Hagel Will Help Obama Find his “Inner Nixon”.
Clemons says this like it was a good thing. Yeah, the secret bombing of Cambodia, the destruction of Chilean democracy, and so many other things were such a good idea and worked out so well for our country.
Weld for Attorney General
The Reality-Based Community —
... I suppose that, given how far right the GOP has gone, you could fill up the entire Obama Cabinet with Republican refugees (or even not-so-refugees). And in fact, we've seen the proposals already: Hagel for Sec State , keep Gates at Defense, ...
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Connie Bruck: Chuck Hagel's Republican exile.
newyorker.com 10/27/2008 — In early June, Senators Chuck Hagel and John McCain met in Hagel’s office on Capitol Hill. McCain, the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, considered Hagel--a fellow-Republican and the senior senator from Nebraska--among his closest ...
Hagel on McCain and Russia
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/29/2008 —
Connie Bruck takes a look at Chuck Hagel’s steady alienation from the GOP national security mainstream. Iraq, of course, played a big role but apparently in was John McCain’s decision that he wanted to take neocon policy and start ...
Hagel, Unrestrained, Lashes Into Bush, Rush And The GOP
huffingtonpost.com 11/18/2008 — Two months before he leaves office, Sen. Chuck Hagel is increasingly unrestrained by political niceties.
Appearing at a forum at the Johns Hopkins School of Advances International Studies, the outgoing Nebraska Republican leveled harsh criticism ...
Hagel takes aim at Limbaugh, Senate colleagues
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 11/18/2008 — Hagel had sharp words for Rush Limbaugh Tuesday.
(CNN) — As his Senate career nears its end, Republican Chuck Hagel isn't holding back when it comes to criticizing members of his own party — including conservative talk radio hosts.
"We ...
Lugar Says No, Hagel Says Maybe
politicalwire.com 11/5/2008 — President-elect Obama promised to appoint Republicans to key posts in his administration and intial speculation surrounds Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE). However, NBC News reports that Lugar has ruled out a cabinet position in ...
Obama wrote a letter
hotair.com 10/29/2008 — Before the debates, I advised the John McCain campaign that they needed to make an issue of Barack Obama’s repeated bragging about writing a letter as a response to the pending subprime market collapse. “McCain sponsored legislation; ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/15/2008 — Tonight: The Final Debate
Barack Obama and John McCain will meet tonight for their final debate, held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The debate begins at 9 p.m. ET, and will be moderated by Bob Schieffer. Both candidates are under a ...
Matt Lewis: Steele Talks to WaTimes
townhall.com 11/19/2008 — Yesterday, Michael Steele -- who is currently running for RNC Chair -- gave a very interesting interview to the WaTimes. Of note, Steele had some praise for possible Obama AG Erick Holder, said he disagrees with the...
Another health report by McCain —
First Read 10/16/2008
From NBC's Chuck ToddMcCain makes second medical report of debate season re: Nancy Reagan. He already mentioned Ted Kennedy.
And he immediately looked Obama in eye.
Interestingly, he didn't mention Cheney, who might be in worse shape....( read more )
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