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Obama Upends Iran Debate By Picking Chuck Hagel
The president shatters four years of fragile consensus and opens a real foreign policy debate. Obama and Hagel in 2009. Image by Jim Young / Reuters President Barack Obama’s decision to nominate...
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Oops: Presidential Inaugural Committee, Ticketmaster Send Out Link To Buy...
It's unclear how many tickets were sold, or if any are still available. Tickets were set to go on sale tomorrow. Anyone who signed up to receive tickets got this email saying tickets would go on sale...
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The White House Case For John Brennan To Run The CIA
President Obama's aides are circulating these talking points Monday morning in support of John Brennan, the chief White House counterterrorism advisor, who is expected to be named CIA director....
View ArticleWhy Chuck Hagel Makes Pro-Israel Activists Nervous
“Our relationship with Israel is a special and historic one, but it need not and can not be at the expense of our Arab and Muslim relationships,” he said in 2006. “That is an irresponsible and...
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Louisiana Senator Calls Harry Reid "An Idiot"
Civility has returned to Washington. Via: @DavidVitter
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How The White House Is Selling Chuck Hagel
A war hero, a Republican, and an early opponent to the unpopular Iraq war. Image by Ali Jarekji / Reuters WASHINGTON — As president Barack Obama gears up for a heated confirmation fight in coming...
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Obama Suggests War With Iran Is Last Resort
Taking an apparent shot at foreign policy hawks, the president touts Hagel's understanding that “war is not an abstraction.” Obama announces his nominees for new U.S. Secretary of Defense former...
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First Annual "Gun Appreciation Day" Scheduled
The first holiday that's all about guns will take place a little over a month after Sandy Hook. A political ad agency is putting together the first ever Gun Appreciation Day" on January 19, two days...
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Why Chuck Hagel Didn't Sign That 1999 Letter Against Russian Anti-Semitism
The small detail Hagel's conservative critics are leaving out. Via: freebeacon.com A 1999 letter from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) urging Russian President Boris Yeltsin to combat rising...
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Hagel's "Gay Problems" Signal Changed Ground On LGBT Rights
Opposition to Chuck Hagel because of anti-LGBT positions he took in the past is the way things work now. And Republicans know it. Image by Kevin Lamarque / Reuters WASHINGTON — Republican opposition...
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First Photos Of Hillary Clinton Back At Work
Clinton returned to the State Department on Monday, five days after being released from a New York hospital where she was treated for a blood clot. Here, Secretary of State Clinton chairs her weekly...
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Around The World With Hillary Clinton
An infographic guide to Hillary Clinton's travels as Secretary of State. View Entire List › Via: state.gov
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Dick Cheney Apparently Didn't Mind The Term "Jewish Lobby"
When Cheney was Secretary, the Defense Department published a pamphlet using the phrase Hagel has gotten in trouble for uttering. It also instructed soldiers to downplay America's alliance with...
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Servicemembers Kicked Out Under Military's Gay Ban Since '04 To Receive Full...
The move comes in the government's settling of a case brought by the ACLU. WASHINGTON — People discharged from the military under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" since November 10, 2004 who had only received...
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Chuck Hagel Flip-Flopped On Assault Weapons Ban
He would find himself at odds with Obama on the issue. Image by Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense, doesn't...
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How Vietnam Shaped Chuck Hagel's Worldview
“The people in Washington make the policy, but it's the little guys who come back in the body bags.” Hagel on being wounded in Vietnam. View Video › Image by The Obama Administration's nominee for...
View ArticleAlex Jones's Insane Post-Piers Morgan Selfie Videos
After his showdown with Piers Morgan on CNN, Jones retreated to his hotel room to make paranoid videos. CNN “looks like Hitler's bunker.” After Alex Jones went on Piers Morgan Tonight on Monday, he...
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Chuck Hagel Makes The Front Page Of Israeli Newspapers
How it's playing in Jerusalem. Source: webmedia.newseum.org Source: webmedia.newseum.org
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Joe Biden Remembers Richard Ben Cramer
“It is a powerful thing to read a book someone has written about you, and to find both the observations and criticisms so sharp and insightful that you learn something new and meaningful about...
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Iran Criticizes French Magazine For Drawing Mohammed (Again)
Charlie Hebdo , which was firebombed in 2011 for depicting the Prophet Mohammed on its cover, comes out with a whole Mohammed booklet. French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo's "Life of Mohammed"...
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