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In reply to the discussion: Second Highest-Ranking GOP Senator Says He’ll Oppose Hagel For Defense Dept. [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)49. Wes Clark would be my first choice
Here's a thought, how about the first woman SecDef? Lets expand the field of candidates by 100%.
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Second Highest-Ranking GOP Senator Says He’ll Oppose Hagel For Defense Dept. [View all]
DonViejo
Dec 2012
OP
I don't care if it's a male or a female, or whatever nationality or race.
TwilightGardener
Dec 2012
#50
I think both parties are trying to poison potential nominees before they come up
davidpdx
Dec 2012
#65
Right. And if Obama keeps bending to their demands like he appears to have done with Rice,
Texin
Dec 2012
#20
As a Texan I agree with you and add John Culberson is worse than the Senators.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2012
#54
I know. Hagel's views on Israel are not even pertinent to being Sec of Defense.
Jennicut
Dec 2012
#70
don`t tell johnnie boy that the sec of transportation is a republican too......
madrchsod
Dec 2012
#19
We need to ask Cornyn where his loyalty lies. Is it the US or Israel. He needs to make a choice.
alfredo
Dec 2012
#22
I'm not sure if Israel would return the same level of loyalty they expect of us.
alfredo
Dec 2012
#44
Honestly. Who cares what Republicans think anymore. They are frail and flailing. They should be
The Wielding Truth
Dec 2012
#29
Well, if that's your most important criteria for the job, then I can't
TwilightGardener
Dec 2012
#48
Washington Post outraged with Hagel claiming he might push Obama well to the left on foreign policy
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#61
at least his public positions - at least up to now - left of the first term of the Obama Administrat
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#67