Report: Hagel Claimed State Department is Controlled by Israel

[Purveyor]

As the Senate takes its time voting on the confirmation of Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary, new reports indicate that the controversial nominee failed to disclose damning Senate speeches he delivered to contentious groups known for their anti-Israel bias.

Fox News Channel earlier in the week aired reports of two speeches that Hagel gave in connection the the Israel-Arab conflict and of which he failed to hand over transcripts or notes. As part of the confirmation hearings, the nominees must hand over transcripts and notes of all speeches, whether they are official or informal, for Senate review.

Fox News found two speeches -- a 2007 speech delivered to Rutgers University's Center for Middle East Studies and another 2007 speech given to the National Council on US-Arab Relations -- which were not among the filings handed over by Hagel.

Notes from the Rutgers speech, obtained by the Free Beacon, have Hagel saying that the U.S. Department of State is controlled by Israel.

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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/165268#.UR2wgx0xVt0

When taking 'flak'...you know damn well you are over the target, hence the Israeli lobby and it's 'minions' campaign against Hagel. Chuck has witnessed it during his time as Senator and "the lobby' is scared to death over that, indeed!

[DonCoquixote]

1. cue the usual suspects/Zionists

in 3....2.....1

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. I'm not sure some ever come up for air, let alone to breath in GD.

[backwoodsbob]

2. he is toast

[TwilightGardener]

5. LOL--Hagel claimed no such thing. They are quoting a blogger's supposed notes that he wrote down

during a Q/A session after the speech--and it wasn't "Israel Controls State Department".

[backwoodsbob]

6. this whole Hagel thing is getting convoluted

this is why I thought he was a bad choice

[TwilightGardener]

8. It's not convoluted. Hagel never had a problem in the Senate, on the Intelligence Committee

or on the Foreign Relations Committee--his views were perfectly fine, no one ever called him anti-Israel or an anti-Semite...not until Obama considered him for a position of power that might have to do with war or neocon plans or defense $$.

[backwoodsbob]

16. actually it is

I'm not sure he will be confirmed

[TwilightGardener]

17. Sure--but it's not because he did anything wrong. Obama knows that, and so does the Senate.

It's because of bigger forces at play.

[TwilightGardener]

3. There's so much wrong in this article, it's hard to know where to begin.

Pretty good takedown here, though:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/chuck-hagel-israel_n_2688593.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Edit to add: The Washington Free Beacon is the Bill Kristol-connected rag where the "Angry Hagel Staffers" rumor originated, and the Haifa port story originated, both apparently shot down or untrue. Not a reliable source.

[Purveyor]

7. Most all knows what this is about, Hagel doesn't suck israeli likud asshole. Period. Neither does

the President.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. Oh, you are so poetic.

You could have gone with fellate at the very least.


There once was a Repub named Hagel...

[Purveyor]

10. Initially I did but I decided to 'back off' a bit... ;) eom

[TwilightGardener]

15. Everyone knows except regular people, who probably think it's

all just normal Repub/Dem fighting. A lot of people here think that, too. They say, "they'll oppose anyone Obama nominates", etc.

[awake]

11. Is it just me or does this OP reflect the views of the likes of FAKE NEWS

Why are we even talking about Our Presidents Nominee in this regard, I voted for Obama twice and have no interest in second guessing whether a person who volunteered to sever our country with distinction and has been asked to be the head of the defense department should not be.

[Purveyor]

12. Just highlighting from what direction this obstruction is coming from. Read my note at the end of

the OP.

[Honeycombe8]

13. Don't forget the part where Hagel belonged to some Hamas-controlled terrorist organization!

The stories are getting wilder and wilder.

[Purveyor]

14. Lord only knows what the next 10 days will bring...eom

[kenny blankenship]

18. A slight exaggeration of the sort of trifling degree which anyone could be forgiven for-

if it had been about any other subject.