NJDC: Obama Appointee Has "Questionable Israel Record"
Josh Rogin reported today that former Senator Chuck Hagel will serve as co-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Hagel was also the keynote speaker at last night’s J Street gala dinner. Naturally, Hagel is not a big supporter of Israel (this seems to be a theme among J Street speakers). The Republican Jewish Coalition [...]
Word from the White House: A Week of Momentum for Health Insurance Reform
It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published what our focus will be for the day, along with any related articles, documents, or reports.
Supporting article: "Hagel urges passage [...]
Guess who’s hosting a dinner
We’ve written several times about “J Street,” a collection of leftists who claim to represent “sensible mainstream of pro-Israel American Jews,” but who in reality are anything but pro-Israel. Here, for example, I noted that one of the most prominent Israelis involved with J Street, Avrum Burg former speaker of the Knesset, has [...]
Can’t he just be an ambassador to some place far away?
Rumor has it that Secretary of Defense William Gates will resign by the end of the year and that President Obama will nominate former Senator Chuck Hagel to replace him.
The idea that Gates will resign seems plausible enough, and it may be that Hagel will be tapped to replace him. However, nominating Hagel [...]
What does French President Sarkozy see in Obama that liberals fail to see?
Sarkozy sees Obama as “incredibly naive” and grossly “egotistical” - so much so that “no one can “dent his naivite, and is very worried about what this means for the West since the American president is the leader of the free world (H/t - Arkady at Right Condition).
As Arcady notes at the link, how is [...]
Very Bad News For America
Foreign Policy Initiative co-founder Bill Kristol appeared on last night’s Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, where he said that he now believes “for the first time that Obama will not accept General McChrystal’s recommendation in Afghanistan.” As though that’s not bad enough, he floated a very well-sourced rumor that Secretary Gates will be out by the [...]
