Chuck Hagel

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CBS's Rose Sympathizes on VA Scandal: Is It 'Premature' to Call for Shinseki's Resignation?

CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose scored an exclusive interview with Chuck Hagel on Friday. But rather than grill the Secretary of Defense on the latest details of the Veterans Affairs ...
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Networks Allow a Scant Two Minutes for Obama's 'Dramatic' Reduction of the Army

The plan by Barack Obama's government to "dramatically" shrink the size of the Army to its lowest level since World War II warranted a scant one minute and 56 seconds of total coverage on Monday's ...
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NY Times Helps Hagel Across the Finish Line: 'Incendiary,' Uncollegial Opponents 'Have Not Found Much'

Reporter Jeremy Peters says there's nothing to see here: "Independent political groups have mobilized to try to dig up anything unflattering on Mr. Hagel. Though they have not found much, the ...
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Andrea Mitchell Slams Republicans for Not 'Checking the Factual Basis for Their Questions'...Just Like Her

On her 1 pm ET hour MSNBC show on Thursday, host Andrea Mitchell mounted her high horse in condemning Republican Senators who questioned Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel about his ...
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NY Times Suggests Tea Party Sen. Ted Cruz Takes Confrontation to New Lows of 'McCarthyism'

Reporter Jonathan Weisman is shocked, shocked to find partisanship in the U.S. Senate: "Without naming names, Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, offered a biting label for the ...
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CNN Incredulous Over GOP 'Fixation' on Benghazi, Opposition to Hagel

The same network that wondered if Sen. Rubio's sip of water was a "big deal" asked just why Republicans are "so fixated on Benghazi" when GOP senators pressed Defense Secretary nominee Chuck ...
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Networks Accuse GOP of 'Partisan Standoff' After 'Rare Move' to Block Hagel Nomination

Following the failure of former Senator Chuck Hagel to receive enough votes in the Senate on Thursday to be confirmed as defense secretary, NBC, ABC, and CBS all immediately turned their ire ...
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More Sympathy for Hagel in NY Times; GOP 'Further Strain Partisan Tensions' by Unprecedented (?) Filibuster

Boo hoos on Chuck Hagel's delayed nomination from Times reporter Jeremy Peters: "Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked President Obama’s nominee to lead the Pentagon in a defiant move likely to ...
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Chris Matthews Snarls That Ted Cruz Is the New 'Joe McCarthy'

For daring to oppose Chuck Hagel's nomination to be Secretary of Defense, Chris Matthews on Thursday snarled that Ted Cruz is the new Joe McCarthy. Comparing the Republican senator from Texas to ...

New York Times Again Defends Chuck Hagel From Mean GOP; Plus Do Only Conservatives Feel 'Ire'?

From the start the Times has oozed sympathy for the plight of Obama's nominee for secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, warning darkly of the disappearance of congressional "comity" and ...
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