January 7, 2013
Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009.
A recipient of two Purple Hearts while an infantry squad leader in the Vietnam War, Hagel returned home to start careers in business and politics. He made millions as co-founder of Vanguard Cellular, and served as president of the McCarthy Group, an investment banking firm, and CEO of American Information Systems Inc., a computerized voting machine manufacturer. A member of the Republican Party, Hagel was first elected to the Senate in 1996. He was re-elected in 2002, and retired in 2008. Hagel is currently a professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, the chairman of the Atlantic Council, and co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. He also serves on a number of boards of directors, including that of Chevron Corporation.
On January 7, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Hagel to serve as Defense Secretary in his second term. The nomination is opposed by some members of both the right and left.
Defenses of Hagel were published in a number of publications. They included writer Amy Davidson's analyses in The New Yorker of what was behind what she termed the "ugly attacks" on Hagel;[107] columnist Thomas Friedman's OpEd "Give Chuck a chance",[108] and journalist Jack Besser's OpEd "Don't Let Pro-Israel Extremists Sink Chuck Hagel",[109] both published in the New York Times; and Robert Wright's description of "McCarthyite" smears against Hagel published in The Atlantic.[110] Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of pro-Israel liberal J Street, said: "The notion that Chuck Hagel is anti-Israel is ludicrous. The notion that he is anti-Semitic is slanderous."[98] Harvard University Professor Stephen Walt wrote in Foreign Policy that "The real meaning of the Hagel affair is what it says about the climate inside Washington. Simply put, the question is whether supine and reflexive support for all things Israeli remains a prerequisite for important policy positions here in the Land of the Free."[111]
Several conservatives who distinguish themselves from and have been critical of neoconservatism have expressed support for Hagel's nomination, such as the paleoconservative commentators at The American Conservative[112][113][114] and Pat Buchanan[115] in addition to the libertarian conservative Cato Institute.[116]
Five former U.S. ambassadors to Israel wrote a letter in support of nominating Hagel in December 2012.[117]
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