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 [...]
Withdrawing from Afghanistan, Plus Future Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Pinch Me, I’m Dreaming
I just heard Bill Kristol on the Hugh Hewitt show dropping a couple of political bombshells:
First, Kristol now believes for the first time that President Barack H. Obama is paving the groundwork for rejecting Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recommendation of a COIN strategy for Afghanistan, including increasing troop levels.
Note that it was the Obamacle Himself who [...]
