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Chuck Hagel

  1. comings and goings
    Chuck Hagel Isn’t Going to Be Defense Secretary Anymore But he wasn’t fired, technically.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  2. United States Sends Warships Closer to Iraq As ISIS Stalls Outside of BagdadAnd Iran’s president says that he is open to getting involved in the conflict. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  3. international intrigue
    Not Everyone Is Happy With the Release of American POW Bowe BergdahlSome members of the GOP worry that the Obama administration negotiated with terrorists.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  4. equal rites
    Hagel Is ‘Open’ to Reviewing Transgender BanThey’re currently banned from serving.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  5. government shutdown
    Furloughed Pentagon Workers to Return to WorkMost of them, anyway.
    By Adam Martin
  6. the national interest
    Obama’s National-Security Argument for Striking Syria Is TerribleChuck Hagel tries to scare America.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. international affairs
    United States Military Preparing for Possible Strike on Syria In response to the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons against the opposition.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  8. international affairs
    Syria May Have Crossed Obama’s ‘Red Line’ With Use of Chemical WeaponsNew evidence says they did, “on a small scale.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  9. early and awkward
    Don’t Insult Jack Lew by Calling Chuck Hagel’s Signature ‘Illegible’It takes hard work to have a signature that bad.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. scary things
    Taliban Greets Chuck Hagel With BombNine people were killed outside the Afghan defense ministry.
    By Andre Tartar
  11. imagined conversations
    Inside Chuck Hagel’s Photo SessionHow they got him to almost kind of smile.
    By Dan Amira
  12. paulitics
    Chuck Hagel Is Your New Defense SecretaryFour Republicans voted for him, including Rand Paul.
    By Dan Amira
  13. you were wrong
    You Were Wrong: Chuck Hagel EditionMaking sure pundits get credit for their bad predictions.
    By Dan Amira
  14. blog-stained wretches
    How the Made-up ‘Friends of Hamas’ Became a Right-Wing BoogeymanNo, the group did not give Chuck Hagel money.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  15. the national interest
    End in Sight for Chuck Hagel FiascoThis really didn’t work out as planned.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. oh congress!
    Republican Senators Block Hagel Vote With Unprecedented FilibusterThough they’ll probably change their minds in ten days. 
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. Not a Single Republican Voted to Move Chuck Hagel Nomination Out of CommitteeEspecially John McCain.
    By Dan Amira
  18. politics
    Lindsey Graham Threatens Holds on Hagel and Brennan NominationsHe wants more information on Benghazi.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. the national interest
    Whose Terrible Idea Was It to Nominate Hagel, Anyway?Lessons from a fiasco.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. Frank Rich on the National Circus: Hagel Was Bad; His Inquisitors Were WorseMcCain has some chutzpah to criticize the nominee over Iraq.
    By Frank Rich
  21. photo op
    The Many Sad Faces of Chuck HagelHe was so sad.
    By Dan Amira
  22. McCain Gets Angry With ‘Old Friend’ HagelMcCain: “Are you gonna answer the question, Senator Hagel?”
    By Dan Amira
  23. party poopers
    Colin Powell Endorses Chuck Hagel, Does Not Endorse GOP’s Racist Dog Whistles The Republican had some harsh words for his party on Meet the Press.
    By Andre Tartar
  24. comings and goings
    Obama Criticized for Packing Cabinet With White GuysIn his defense, he did try to pick a woman.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. allegedly at one time the world’s greatest deliberative body
    GOP Admits Inability to MultitaskThis is not impressive.
    By Dan Amira
  26. sad chuck hagel
    Chuck Hagel Was Very, Very Sad TodayObama’s praise did nothing to lighten his spirits.
    By Dan Amira
  27. comings and goings
    Heilemann: ‘Israel Question’ Drives Hagel DebateHeilemann speaks on the Hagel outcry.
    By Jake Moore
  28. the national interest
    Nominating Hagel Most Un-Obama Thing EverNot in a good way.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. comings and goings
    Obama Picks Brennan for CIA, Hagel for DefenseChuck Hagel will also be selected today as secretary of Defense.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. comings and goings
    Obama Will Nominate Hagel to Defense MondayLet the real fighting begin!
    By Andre Tartar and Caroline Bankoff
  31. comings and goings
    The Real Fight Over Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary Likely Starts Next WeekUnofficially, it’s well underway.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. early and awkward
    Chuck Hagel Is Still Getting the Susan Rice TreatmentMore criticism for a man not officially running for anything.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. the national interest
    Republicans Accuse Hagel of Being RepublicanThey have a point.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. early and awkward
    Chuck Hagel Had a Big Problem With ‘Aggressively Gay’ Nominee in 1998What is “aggressively gay”?
    By Dan Amira
  35. comings and goings
    Susan Rice Will Not Be Secretary of StateShe withdrew her name from consideration this afternoon.
    By Dan Amira
  36. early and often
    Obama’s Potential Running Mates: A Who’s WhoObama is as starkly unusual a presidential contender as the country has ever seen, which means he can choose either to amplify or offset any of the characteristics that define his own candidacy.
  37. early and often
    Heilemann on Obama’s V.P. ConundrumWhere exactly does one find a running mate untainted by Old Politics who also happens to be ready from day one to be commander-in-chief?