powerlineblog.com - 10/20/2008
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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 such a troubled time." Other names being tossed ...
newyorker.com - 10/27/2008
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newyorker.com —
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 ...
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Connie Bruck: Chuck Hagel's Republican exile.
news.yahoo.com - 10/20/2008
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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 ...
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Does Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense command your confidence?
Hyscience —
It's a frightening thought: 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 such a troubled time." Other names being tossed around are
John Kerry (Secretary of State) and Larry Summers (Secretary of
Treasury). Hagel, of course, is a Republcan and thus his selection could be
peddled as a case of "reaching across" the aisle. He would also be a
good ...
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