Hagel draws fire as Obama’s Pentagon pick
By , on January 8th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama named Chuck Hagel on Monday to lead the Pentagon, setting up an ugly confirmation battle as Republican opponents said he was too hard on Israel and too soft on Iran. Obama’s choice of John Brennan to replace scandal-tainted David Petraeus as CIA chief was seen as more straightforward despite the counterterrorism czar’s defence of “enhanced interrogation techniques” and the US drone war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Hagel draws fire as Obama’s Pentagon pick
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Hagel draws fire as Obama’s Pentagon pick
<!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama named Chuck Hagel on Monday to lead the Pentagon, setting up an ugly confirmation battle as Republican opponents said he was too hard on Israel and too soft on Iran. Obama’s choice of John Brennan to replace scandal-tainted David Petraeus as CIA chief was seen as more straightforward despite the counterterrorism czar’s defence of “enhanced interrogation techniques” and the US drone war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Hagel draws fire as Obama’s Pentagon pick
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