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White House Raises Stakes in Hagel Showdown
[An Nahar] The White House raised the stakes Thursday in its battle to appoint a new defense secretary, accusing Republican politicians blocking the appointment of sending a bad signal to U.S. war allies.Appointing a dope to be Sec Def sends what kind of signal again?
In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed... 's choice for the post, former senator Chuck Hagel, must be confirmed by the Senate and a senior Democrat told Agence La Belle France Presse he was not sure his side had the votes to overcome an almost unprecedented filibuster. White House front man Joshua Earnest said the delay had jeopardized Hagel's planned appearance at a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... ministerial meeting next week in Brussels with U.S. NATO allies to discuss the pull-out from Afghanistan. "It is difficult to explain to our allies exactly why that is happening. It also sends a signal to our men and women in uniform," Earnest said. "We need our new defense secretary to Posted by: Fred 2013-02-15 |
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