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In reply to the discussion: Appartently Hagel is the one [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)14. Actually, Hagel must have voted for him in committee, too, according to the Wiki page
for Hormel:
"The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved his nomination with only Republican and conservative Senators Jesse Helms and John Ashcroft opposed. Three other Republicans, James Inhofe, Tim Hutchinson, and Robert C. Smith, with the urging of religious and social conservatives campaigned vigorously against Hormel's nomination. Trent Lott, the Republican Majority Leader, worked to block the vote and publicly called homosexuality a sin and compared it to alcoholism and kleptomania."
Why he ultimately objected to Hormel's appointment, it doesn't say.
I am certain that there will be SOME Democrat who can adequately grill him in the Armed Services committee.
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I trust the President's decision and he knows what the hell he is doing and it is his call to make.
Purveyor
Jan 2013
#2
Yeah. That is the only issue that is important in this day when it comes to this country's defense
Purveyor
Jan 2013
#7
I don't trust any politician's judgement and I did not support Democrats in order to put
sabrina 1
Jan 2013
#15
If the Dem Party is going to turn into the Republican Party on issues such as gay rights
sabrina 1
Jan 2013
#18
You've got it backwards--a conservative Republican is coming around to the Democratic
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#19
No, actually, I've never heard an apology like this one from a Republican.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#26
It is a problem for all the reasons you stated and also for the reason that Hagel himself
merrily
Jan 2013
#3
Actually, Hagel must have voted for him in committee, too, according to the Wiki page
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#14
Hormel accepted the apology. Obama wouldn't tarnish one of his proudest Presidential
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#31
I didn't say they were defending Hagel, I said they were defending the recommendation.
Behind the Aegis
Jan 2013
#36
What in heaven's name does Bush floating a name mean? Nothing. He did not choose him.
merrily
Jan 2013
#39
The same DUers who excuse Hagel in many cases were also wailing against John McCain for
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#45