"If Chuck Hagel is nominated by President Obama to serve as Secretary of Defense, there will be at least three compelling arguments in his favor. He served with distinction in the military and would —like Secretary of State nominee John Kerry—bring a veteran's perspective to his post. He has adopted and articulated a sane perspective on the grave foreign policy blunders whose consequences still haunt the nation, including the Iraq and Vietnam wars. And as we have learned ever since his nomination was first floated, he has made all the right (and right-wing) enemies."* Maybe there's a chance Chuck Hagel will be nominated as Secretary of Defense after all? Veterans, progressives, and even conservatives are pushing back against neocons who are preemptively attacking the former Republican Senator from Nebraska. Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more from Joe Conason/ Truthdig: www.truthdig.com
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Duration: 6:03
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Veterans vs. Neo Con Noise Machine
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