GOP Fights Republican Pentagon Nominee
January 8, 2013
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as posted by the channel"Some Republicans are itching for a fight on President Barack Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary.
Sen. Lindsey Graham warned that Hagel would be the most "antagonistic secretary of defense toward the state of Israel." Neoconservative guru William Kristol is already cranking up the attack machine, focusing on Hagel's statements about Israel and Iran. Although some Democrats are confused about the Hagel appointment, with some upset about remarks he made several years ago about homosexuality, if there is to be a fight it will probably come from the right."*
President Obama has nominated former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. The GOP should be excited about a conservative taking the position, right? Wrong. What will make the GOP happy, and why do they think they're entitled to the decision? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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