WASHINGTON (OfficialWire) — Chuck Hagel was blunt-spoken in the Senate, even when bucking fellow Republicans. Now opponents in his own party and elsewhere are using Hagel’s words against him.
The Vietnam veteran and former two-term senator from Nebraska will need to explain some of his comments and views as President Barack Obama’s choice for the next secretary of defense. A look at past remarks likely to come up during his confirmation hearing:
Hagel, who says he’s a strong supporter of Israel, stirred bad feelings by referring to pro-Israeli interests as “the Jewish lobby” and suggesting they wield undue power in Washington.
“The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people. … I’ve always argued against some of the dumb things they do, because I don’t think it’s in the interest of Israel,” Hagel told former Mideast peace negotiator and author Aaron David Miller in a 2006 interview.
Hagel continued: “I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States senator. I support Israel, but my first interest is, I take an oath of office to the Constitution of the United States, not to a president, not to a party, not to Israel.”
Read More at officialwire.com . By Connie Cass.
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When Hagel say’s the Jewish people do a lot of stupid things, I must agree, as there was a lot of Jewish support for Obama, and only G_d know why after all of the insults he has hurled at them and after Obama has almost singlehandedly turned every nation he has touched into an Islamic Theocracy that is ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood.