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Hagel, Brennan to Face Tough Congressional Confirmationjob in securing America. President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. decorated Vietnam veteran with shrapnel from that war still his chest and Mr. President I will always give you my honest. And most informed council. But
America. President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. -- decorated Vietnam veteran with shrapnel from that war still -- his chest and Mr. President I will always give you my honest. And most informed council. But while he's a
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Inaugural Address of Ronald Reaganand in a hundred rice paddies and jungles of a place called Vietnam . Under one such marker lies a young man, Martin Treptow Pledge," he had written these words: "America must win this war . Therefore I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I
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The Fiscal Cliff's Winners And Losers (The Note)NOTE: In the tug-of- war over the fiscal cliff both appears to be winning the war for public opinion. Overall Kerry without understanding Vietnam . And you can't understand without understanding what Vietnam means to the two men who withdrawing troops from Afghanistan on its 2014 timeline, Afgha our continued transition in Afghanistan , and our shared vision of
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Obama Defense Pick Faces Rough Going in Senate
necessarily calamitous as the White House pushes for the first Vietnam War veteran to oversee a military emerging from two wars and Former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., himself a wounded Vietnam veteran , said he thinks Hagel "has to clarify" his positions on
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The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, January 8, 2012
architect of the administration's war against radical adversaries administration's unconventional, covert war against radical adversaries and John Kerry, a wariness of war " President Obama's nomination secretary of state, puts two Vietnam veterans known for their deeply
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the closing engagement of the War of 1812. In 1863, America's for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the first Lyndon B. Johnson declared a " War on Poverty" in his State of between the United States and North Vietnam resumed. In 1982, American
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1. NOMINEE FOR DEFENSE A POSSIBLE TRAILBLAZER If confirmed, Chuck Hagel would the first enlisted soldier and first Vietnam vet to head the Pentagon. 2. CARNAGE IN COLO. MOVIE HOUSE RECALLED DURING HEARING "After I saw what I saw in the theater
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PM Note: Chuck Hagel Ruffles Feathers on Both Wings, Panetta's Legacy, Clinton's Helmet, A Ticket Disaster
and Jon Karl) - http://abcn.ws/Zz6sj8 Who is Chuck Hagel? - He's a two-time purple heart recipient, Vietnam veteran and Nebraska native son. He'd be the first man who saw combat as an enlisted man to become Secretary of Defense
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Obama Sends Military One of Its Own as DOD Chief
as he selected decorated Vietnam combat veteran Chuck Hagel and winds down a decade of war . A former Republican senator while both were serving in Vietnam , Hagel would bring to the job a gritty view of war and the independent temperament the Bush administration's war policies and he is likely withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan . Long the frontrunner for March. Wounded during the Vietnam War , Hagel initially backed
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Hagel's Own Words Are Fodder for Critics
words against him. The Vietnam veteran and former two-term on future peace in Afghanistan . And many view him as supported the Iraq War , but as it dragged this country since Vietnam , if it's carried including fellow Vietnam veteran McCain. As it turned
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40 Years Ago, Irish-Tide Played Game for the Ages
turmoil in America: the pain of the civil rights movement still fresh, U.S. troops finally home from an unpopular war in Vietnam , a scandal known as Watergate on the verge of toppling the most powerful man in the free world. Against that backdrop
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Obama: Hagel 'Leader Our Troops Deserve'
Obama praised the former Nebraska senator's independence and bipartisan approach, and said that Hagel, a Vietnam veteran , understands war is not an abstraction. Hagel, a moderate Republican, has the support of some of his former Senate colleagues
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Defense Secretary Nominee Chuck Hagel's Stance on Key Issueswithdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan , after more than a decade in the country. As the war winds down, public concern Though he voted for the Iraq War , he became one of its most some as reluctant to go to war . While Obama has said repeatedly 66-year-old is a veteran of the Vietnam War , where he served as an infantry
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Who Is Chuck Hagel? Obama's Nominee for Secretary of DefenseHagel is a former GOP senator and Purple-Heart-decorated Vietnam veteran , but he wouldn't necessarily be a popular pick with Republicans McCain of Arizona on foreign policy, most notably the Iraq War . Hagel fiercely criticized Bush's "surge" of 30,000
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Obama Taps Sen. Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretaryenlisted in the army and volunteered for Vietnam . As a young private and then a sergeant secretaries who've been wounded in war . In the first Vietnam veteran to lead the department. I saw during our visits together to Afghanistan and Iraq. In Chuck Hagel. Just a They more most importantly knows the war is not an abstraction. He understands
is an American patriot. He enlisted in the army and volunteered for Vietnam . As a young private and then a sergeant he served with honor alongside his own brother. When chuck was hit by shrapnelas secretary of defense. For a few secretaries who've been wounded in war . In the first Vietnam veteran to lead the department. I saw during our visits together to Afghanistan and Iraq. In Chuck Hagel. Just a champion of our troops and our veterans and our military camps. As a leader of -
Roundtable I: This Week in Politicswas in january 1st since the korean war , and you say the deal, and this job. He thinks having an enlisted vietnam veteran running the pentagon who agreed with him when it came to iraq and on afghanistan , he's the right guy to do it
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Hagel, Brennan to Face Tough Congressional Confirmation
job in securing America. President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. decorated Vietnam veteran with shrapnel from that war still his chest and Mr. President I will always give you my honest. And most informed council. But
America. President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. -- decorated Vietnam veteran with shrapnel from that war still -- his chest and Mr. President I will always give you my honest. And most informed council. But while he's a -
Sen. Chuck Hagel's Defense Nomination Draws CriticismDefense Secretary you might think that a Republican. Vietnam . veteran former senator with all kinds of foreign policy experience dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam and his controversial comments on Israel incensed many
let's start with the Defense Secretary you might think that a Republican. Vietnam . -- veteran former senator with all kinds of foreign policy experience would be the perfect choice to ease the rape her onin Iraq. The most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam and his controversial comments on Israel incensed many. When he said lawmakers on Capitol Hill were intimidated by what he called the -
Panel: New Faces in Congressvolunteered for the 101st airborne in iraq and afghanistan after getting degrees from harvard and from leading u.S. Troops in a time of war . So if you were in the senate, you returned from iraq in 2006, said the war couldn't be won. No one had told us and statesman, served incredibly in vietnam , served this country as the united states
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Obama's Defense Nominee Chuck Hagel Stirs Washington Lawmakersconservative. Republicans complain about his stand on affingts afghanistan -- that we went beyond our mission. And his opposition most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam if it's carried out. Reporter: But it was a comment about busts the republican party establishment and opposing the war in iraq. There's no surprise. Reporter: Hagel has the
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg on 'Epidemic of Gun Violence'number of Americans that died in the Vietnam War . And since. 1968. RFK. And Martin is more Americans than died in World War II. They will be leave behind mothers we've had over 2000 soldiers died in Afghanistan . And how horrible that and it is harmful
with guns that's roughly the number of Americans that died in the Vietnam War . And since. 1968. -- RFK. And Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated. Roughly four. 100000. Americans have been killed with guns which is more Americans than died in World War II. They will be leave behind mothers and fathers sisters and Brothers friends and neighbors like those with us today. Whose lives
