<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - secretary-of-defense</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/secretary-of-defense</link><description>Newsvine - secretary-of-defense</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:52:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:56 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Gates Backs U.S. Handling of Benghazi, Would Have Done the Same - Bloomberg</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Defense SecretaryRobert Gates backed the Obama administration&rsquo;s handling of attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, saying had he headed the Pentagon at the time he wouldn&rsquo;t have approved sending a small force into Libya as some critics suggested.
G&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gedde]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gedde]]></source><link>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18210803-gates-backs-us-handling-of-benghazi-would-have-done-the-same-bloomberg</link><guid>http://gedde.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18210803-gates-backs-us-handling-of-benghazi-would-have-done-the-same-bloomberg</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>issa</category><category>benghazi</category><category>robert-gates</category><category>omghazi</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:56:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gedde9CC017AA-04BC-EC19-C94C-1F27E7C341FA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="132" width="190" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gedde9CC017AA-04BC-EC19-C94C-1F27E7C341FA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Filmmaker Robert Greenwald on </title>
<description><![CDATA[An attack on the very concept that a democracy depends entirely on a well informed public voter class or the democracy will surly die under the weight of govermental secrecy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></source><link>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17820645-filmmaker-robert-greenwald-on</link><guid>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17820645-filmmaker-robert-greenwald-on</guid><category>congress</category><category>pentagon</category><category>politics</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>transparency</category><category>public-interest</category><category>whistleblowers</category><category>investigative-reporting</category><category>the-media</category><category>espionage-act-of-1917</category><category>government-surveillance</category><category>national-security-state</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>workplace-harassment</category><category>bradley-manning</category><category>government-wrongdoing</category><category>retaliatory-investigations</category><category>shooting-the-messengers</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:26:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wayneb-124723208885AEF-9ACB-F533-988C-100BC2115C87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wayneb-124723208885AEF-9ACB-F533-988C-100BC2115C87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kansan legislators question Secretary Hagel on the department decision in defense contract</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Kansan legislators on Friday asked the Department of Defense to provide an explanation for its decision to award a tax dollar-funded defense contract to a pricier, foreign bidder at a time of mandatory financial restraint.
Republican Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, along wi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17301781-kansan-legislators-question-secretary-hagel-on-the-department-decision-in-defense-contract</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17301781-kansan-legislators-question-secretary-hagel-on-the-department-decision-in-defense-contract</guid><category>brazil</category><category>politics</category><category>north-korean</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>kansas-republicans</category><category>sierra-nevada-corporation</category><category>wichita-eagle</category><category>light-air-support-contract</category><category>tax-dollar-funded</category><category>foreign-bidder</category><category>hawker-beecher</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:54:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeBF25CB92-390B-82D2-DB6A-FF97AC4C0FA1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeBF25CB92-390B-82D2-DB6A-FF97AC4C0FA1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Random man confirmed by Senate to lead world&amp;#8217;s greatest military </title>
<description><![CDATA[
He&rsquo;s not random, though. A truly random man wouldn&rsquo;t have earned the sturdy liberal support that Hagel&rsquo;s Israel-focused Jew-baiting and left-of-Obama foreign policy brought him. In the end, despite weeks of dirt being dug up, not a single Democrat voted agains&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17106422-random-man-confirmed-by-senate-to-lead-worlds-greatest-military</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17106422-random-man-confirmed-by-senate-to-lead-worlds-greatest-military</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>chuck-schumer</category><category>confirmed</category><category>obama-foreign-policy</category><category>if-obama</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>israel-focused-jew-baiting</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:59:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome00868CCB-72E1-7055-14AB-4AAC57C3EDBC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome00868CCB-72E1-7055-14AB-4AAC57C3EDBC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'New' Hagel Speech, 2011: India Has Sponsored Terror Attacks Against Pakistan</title>
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A new speech by former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has&nbsp;emerged--a 2011 address at Cameron University in which the Secretary of Defense nominee accused India of using Afghanistan to fight a proxy war against Pakistan by sponsoring terror attacks against it. Video of the speech &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17092623-new-hagel-speech-2011-india-has-sponsored-terror-attacks-against-pakistan</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17092623-new-hagel-speech-2011-india-has-sponsored-terror-attacks-against-pakistan</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>india</category><category>pakistan</category><category>nato</category><category>politics</category><category>speech</category><category>new-delhi</category><category>terrorists</category><category>confirmation-hearing</category><category>senate-armed-services-committee</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>mumbai</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>muammar-gadhafis</category><category>cameron-university</category><category>adam-kredo</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:07:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome5B39C3F4-6756-A4F8-A2D1-6618F464EC6C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="153" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome5B39C3F4-6756-A4F8-A2D1-6618F464EC6C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chuck Hagel: I&amp;#039;m Not Qualified to Become the Secretary of Defense Even Though You Nominated Me </title>
<description><![CDATA[And yet the leftists will fight tooth and nail to make sure he's confirmed.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17077844-chuck-hagel-im-not-qualified-to-become-the-secretary-of-defense-even-though-you-nominated-me</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17077844-chuck-hagel-im-not-qualified-to-become-the-secretary-of-defense-even-though-you-nominated-me</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>confirmation-hearing</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>nomination</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>senate-panel</category><category>joins-defense</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:32:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeFE52018D-13B4-87F9-ED7A-30D3215E96B9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeFE52018D-13B4-87F9-ED7A-30D3215E96B9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stephen Colbert Takes Apart Breitbart for 'Friends of Hamas' Debacle | Video Cafe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert took apart Breitbrat Ben Shapiro,  the right wing echo-chamber that fell for his hit piece on Chuck Hagel  and the Republicans who are now asking President Obama to withdraw  Hagel's nomination, who he should obviously give into after it appears all but inevitable&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17068674-stephen-colbert-takes-apart-breitbart-for-friends-of-hamas-debacle-video-cafe</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17068674-stephen-colbert-takes-apart-breitbart-for-friends-of-hamas-debacle-video-cafe</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>comedy-central</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>stephen-colbert</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>lou-dobbs</category><category>the-colbert-report</category><category>breitbart-com</category><category>hugh-hewitt</category><category>ben-shapiro</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>friends-of-hamas</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:14:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senators to Obama: Withdraw Chuck Hagel Nomination</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R&ndash;TX) and 14 other U.S. Senators sent a letter to President Obama calling on him to withdraw former Senator Chuck Hagel&rsquo;s (R&ndash;NE) nomination for Secretary of Defense. The President should listen.
The powerful letter is a sign o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17046916-senators-to-obama-withdraw-chuck-hagel-nomination</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17046916-senators-to-obama-withdraw-chuck-hagel-nomination</guid><category>senators</category><category>politics</category><category>letter</category><category>gop</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>james-inhofe</category><category>tim-scott</category><category>james-risch</category><category>ted-cruz</category><category>chuck-hagel-s</category><category>russia-backs-assad</category><category>nuclear-zero</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:25:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome35FBE279-4B15-AC2F-49A8-920417DFB3D8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="187" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome35FBE279-4B15-AC2F-49A8-920417DFB3D8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Documents: Hagel staffers met with 'front group' for Iranian regime</title>
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Documents obtained by The Daily Caller show that staffers for then-Sen. Chuck Hagel met repeatedly with a controversial pro-Iran&nbsp;lobby group, and some met with the organization&rsquo;s president.
Hagel is President Barack Obama&rsquo;s choice to be the next secretary of d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17035221-documents-hagel-staffers-met-with-front-group-for-iranian-regime</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17035221-documents-hagel-staffers-met-with-front-group-for-iranian-regime</guid><category>iran</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>islamic-republic</category><category>niac</category><category>middle-east-forum</category><category>state-run-media</category><category>iranian-front-group</category><category>sam-nunerg</category><category>seid-hassan-daioleslam</category><category>iranian-american-forum</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:17:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeE6EC7E87-300F-9EBF-F0F8-0F1350DFA791.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeE6EC7E87-300F-9EBF-F0F8-0F1350DFA791.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lindsey Graham Does Bizarre 180 On Hagel In 'Deference' To President's Choice (VIDEOS) | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[I have to give Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) the credit he deserves.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17005588-lindsey-graham-does-bizarre-180-on-hagel-in-deference-to-presidents-choice-videos-addicting-info</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17005588-lindsey-graham-does-bizarre-180-on-hagel-in-deference-to-presidents-choice-videos-addicting-info</guid><category>israel</category><category>politics</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>israeli-lobby</category><category>benghazi</category><category>senator-lindsey-graham</category><category>obamacare</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>benghazi-attack</category><category>benghazi-hearing</category><category>benghazi-obsession</category><category>loyalty-to-israel</category><category>secretary-of-defense-confirmation</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:34:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Woodward: Senate Dems calling WH to ask if Hagel is withdrawing &amp;laquo</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The answer, for the moment, is &ldquo;an emphatic no,&rdquo; Bob Woodward tells the Fox News panel today, but the problem for Hagel is the other question that they&rsquo;re asking (via&nbsp;Daniel Halper):
&ldquo;I think there is another dimension here and that is, what are De&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16995270-woodward-senate-dems-calling-wh-to-ask-if-hagel-is-withdrawing-laquo</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16995270-woodward-senate-dems-calling-wh-to-ask-if-hagel-is-withdrawing-laquo</guid><category>white-house</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>nominee</category><category>confirmation-hearing</category><category>bob-woodward</category><category>dick-cheney</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>hilary-clinton</category><category>barack-obama-s</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:34:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome0AFBA8A2-2E24-3820-0E8A-5550F8F99B5A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome0AFBA8A2-2E24-3820-0E8A-5550F8F99B5A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>SNL Sketch On Hagel Hearings Draws Ire Of Anti-Defamation League: Funny Or Anti-Semitic? (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Politics and religion have always been rich breeding ground for comedy and there is no comedy that skews either more mercilessly than Saturday Night Live. Whatever event splashes on the public stage, whatever political or religious figure finds notoriety, it&rsquo;s all fair ga&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16992521-snl-sketch-on-hagel-hearings-draws-ire-of-anti-defamation-league-funny-or-anti-semitic-video</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16992521-snl-sketch-on-hagel-hearings-draws-ire-of-anti-defamation-league-funny-or-anti-semitic-video</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>tina-fey</category><category>saturday-night-live</category><category>comedy</category><category>anti-defamation-league</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>lorne-michaels</category><category>parodies</category><category>ross-perot</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>abraham-h-foxman</category><category>snl-sketch</category><category>dana-cavey</category><category>fertile-fodder</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:19:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senators Ask Hagel Whether the State Dept. Is Controlled By Israel </title>
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Two U.S. senators have written a letter to Chuck Hagel to ask the defense secretary nominee to explain his assertion that "the State Department was becoming an adjunct of the Israeli Foreign Ministry." Hagel, the&nbsp;Washington Free Beacon&nbsp;reported yesterday, made the com&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988546-senators-ask-hagel-whether-the-state-dept-is-controlled-by-israel</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988546-senators-ask-hagel-whether-the-state-dept-is-controlled-by-israel</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>politics</category><category>israeli-foreign-ministry</category><category>state-department</category><category>kelly-ayotte</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>weekly-standard</category><category>u-s-policy</category><category>rutgers-university</category><category>george-ajjan</category><category>senators-lindsey-graham</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:06:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome4FB5C98C-CFA1-D27B-A740-758E78660190.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="87" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome4FB5C98C-CFA1-D27B-A740-758E78660190.jpg&amp;width=120" width="87" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Harry Reid: 'What a shame.'</title>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday moved to end the Senate debate on whether to confirm Chuck Hagel to become the next secretary of defense. A vote is set for Friday.
The move was necessary, he said, because he could not come to an agreement with Republicans on han&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16972903-harry-reid-what-a-shame</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16972903-harry-reid-what-a-shame</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>senate-majority-leader</category><category>party-of-no</category><category>filibustered</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:30:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Because You Don&amp;#8217;t Have to Know Anything, or Be Honest, to Work At Media Matters</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Eric &ldquo;Earache&rdquo; Boehlert tweeted this ditty this morning.
Eric Boehlert&nbsp;@EricBoehlert

what press cannot bring itself to report this week: Dems have NEVER EVER mounted a campaign to block cabinet pick the way GOP is w/ Hagel
12:28 PM - 14 Feb 13]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963435-because-you-dont-have-to-know-anything-or-be-honest-to-work-at-media-matters</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963435-because-you-dont-have-to-know-anything-or-be-honest-to-work-at-media-matters</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican-party</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>filibuster</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>media-matters</category><category>john-tower</category><category>eric-boehlert</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:47:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeFC7D6BEE-7677-B89A-6BFD-39D7C2A0E6A8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="85" width="85" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeFC7D6BEE-7677-B89A-6BFD-39D7C2A0E6A8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="85" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Another day, another Harry Reid whopper: GOP blocking Hagel has left the country without a Secretary of Defense</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It must be solid info&hellip; Harry got it from the same dudes who&nbsp;told him&nbsp;Romney hadn&rsquo;t paid taxes in a decade.
From&nbsp;The Hill:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) stepped up pressure Thursday for Republicans to allow a vote on President Obama&rsq&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963303-another-day-another-harry-reid-whopper-gop-blocking-hagel-has-left-the-country-without-a-secretary-of-defense</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963303-another-day-another-harry-reid-whopper-gop-blocking-hagel-has-left-the-country-without-a-secretary-of-defense</guid><category>pentagon</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>senate-armed-services-committee</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>filibuster</category><category>armed-services</category><category>leon-panetta</category><category>senate-floor</category><category>president-obama</category><category>cloture-vote</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:32:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Filibuster on Hagel--Vitter: We Have 41</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Republican Senators have the necessary 41 votes to block the confirmation of Chuck Hagel from coming to a vote this week, and will be able to stage a filibuster, according to an interview given by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) to Breitbart News editor Larry O'Connor on Washington, D&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963281-filibuster-on-hagel-vitter-we-have-41</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963281-filibuster-on-hagel-vitter-we-have-41</guid><category>politics</category><category>abc-news</category><category>david-vitter</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>filibuster</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>republican-senators</category><category>cloture-vote</category><category>larry-oconnor</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:29:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome7D0A68AC-783D-BE44-1BD8-99703EF044C4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome7D0A68AC-783D-BE44-1BD8-99703EF044C4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Exclusive--The Hagel Speech that 'Wasn't': More Evidence Emerges of Failure to Disclose</title>
<description><![CDATA[
New evidence has emerged that a 2008 address to the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) by former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, was in fact a formal speech, contrary to theclaims of the Obama administration. St&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963233-exclusive-the-hagel-speech-that-wasnt-more-evidence-emerges-of-failure-to-disclose</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16963233-exclusive-the-hagel-speech-that-wasnt-more-evidence-emerges-of-failure-to-disclose</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>senate-armed-services-committee</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>helen-thomas</category><category>keith-ellison</category><category>investigative-project</category><category>arab-american-anti-discrimination-committeespeech</category><category>failure-to-disclose</category><category>naaa-adc-pac</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:23:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome6636627A-EF52-D3AB-48EE-C9E786D8C7AB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="149" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome6636627A-EF52-D3AB-48EE-C9E786D8C7AB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Graham: Until WH Gives Benghazi Account, I&amp;#8217;ll Put Holds on Hagel, Brennan Noms </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) said Sunday he will put a hold on the nominations of John Brennan and Chuck Hagel unless the White House provides an account of their actions on the day of the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya:
BOB SCHIEFFER: Let me ju&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16918339-graham-until-wh-gives-benghazi-account-ill-put-holds-on-hagel-brennan-noms</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16918339-graham-until-wh-gives-benghazi-account-ill-put-holds-on-hagel-brennan-noms</guid><category>cia</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>commander-in-chief</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>joint-chiefs</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>nomination</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>richard-burr</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>talking-points</category><category>benghazi</category><category>saxby-chambliss</category><category>susan-rice</category><category>john-brennan</category><category>martin-dempsey</category><category>defense-leon-panetta</category><category>libya-bob-schieffer</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:29:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeE16686F0-FC05-1BF8-8CAD-5D54FBAD6744.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeE16686F0-FC05-1BF8-8CAD-5D54FBAD6744.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Moe Lane &amp;raquo; Breitbart.com told that Chuck Hagel took money from &amp;#8220;Friends of Hamas.&amp;#8221;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Well now.
On Thursday, Senate sources told Breitbart News exclusively that they have been informed that one of the reasons that President Barack Obama&rsquo;s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, has not turned over requested documents on his sources of foreign fundi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16889091-moe-lane-raquo-breitbartcom-told-that-chuck-hagel-took-money-from-friends-of-hamas</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16889091-moe-lane-raquo-breitbartcom-told-that-chuck-hagel-took-money-from-friends-of-hamas</guid><category>left</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>debunk</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>financial-records</category><category>barack-obama-s</category><category>foreign-funding</category><category>breitbart-news</category><category>friends-of-hamas</category><category>white-house-eric-schultz</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 22:53:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Everything That Is Wrong With the GOP </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is an undeniably smart man. Cruz is by all accounts a brilliant litigator, one talented enough in the courtroom to clerk for a Supreme Court justice and win a number of difficult cases as Texas&rsquo; Solicitor General. It wouldn&rsquo;t have been crazy &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16851455-everything-that-is-wrong-with-the-gop</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16851455-everything-that-is-wrong-with-the-gop</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>republican-party</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>joe-mccarthy</category><category>senate-committees</category><category>falsehood</category><category>litigator</category><category>senator-ted-cruz</category><category>texas-solicitor-general</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:24:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah8A5FD1ED-392A-54D3-4F87-AE89B446F45F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah8A5FD1ED-392A-54D3-4F87-AE89B446F45F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hagel in Combat</title>
<description><![CDATA[If, before an exam, you gave a student the questions and plenty of time to research and memorize the answers, you couldn't be faulted&nbsp;if you failed him when he performed inadequately. In Chuck Hagel's case, he may still pass, but it will be a close thing, and he won't become&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804898-hagel-in-combat</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804898-hagel-in-combat</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>war</category><category>surge</category><category>va</category><category>veteran</category><category>nebraska</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>vietnam</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>us-news</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>sanctions</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>secretary-of-state</category><category>jewish-lobby</category><category>petraeus</category><category>shinseki</category><category>swift-boats</category><category>mcchrystal</category><category>withsrawal</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:24:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bipartisan Consensus: Hagel Blew His Confirmation Hearing | Video </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Today saw the confirmation hearings for Chuck Hagel, quite possibly the most controversial cabinet nominee of President Obama&rsquo;s second term. For Hagel, a man who has been thoroughly dogged by criticism over his record of dubious statements regarding Israel, &nbsp;as well &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16795952-bipartisan-consensus-hagel-blew-his-confirmation-hearing-video</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16795952-bipartisan-consensus-hagel-blew-his-confirmation-hearing-video</guid><category>israel</category><category>senate</category><category>iran</category><category>palestinians</category><category>politics</category><category>right</category><category>surge</category><category>government</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>confirmation-hearing</category><category>senate-armed-services-committee</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>liberals</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>hezbollah</category><category>anti-semite</category><category>politico</category><category>terrorist-organization</category><category>iran-sanctions</category><category>saxby-chambliss</category><category>vietnam-vets</category><category>president-obama</category><category>ted-cruz</category><category>andrew-kaczynski</category><category>orrin-hatch-nbsp-r</category><category>iranian-national-guard</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:52:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeBF2B420B-0D80-3D1B-B999-9877B4FEFB56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="270" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeBF2B420B-0D80-3D1B-B999-9877B4FEFB56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The GOP Bullies, John Mccain and (litttle) Lindsay Graham, Are At It Again -Fmr. Sen. Hagel Testifies at Senate Confirmation Hearing | C-SPAN</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rain7216]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rain7216]]></source><link>http://cdrain01.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16795815-the-gop-bullies-john-mccain-and-litttle-lindsay-graham-are-at-it-again-fmr-sen-hagel-testifies-at-senate-confirmation-hearing-c-span</link><guid>http://cdrain01.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16795815-the-gop-bullies-john-mccain-and-litttle-lindsay-graham-are-at-it-again-fmr-sen-hagel-testifies-at-senate-confirmation-hearing-c-span</guid><category>israel</category><category>graham</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>mccain</category><category>obama</category><category>confirmation-hearing</category><category>cruz</category><category>veterans</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>hagel</category><category>flip-flop</category><category>democratic-nomination</category><category>obstructionism</category><category>us-veterans</category><category>c-span-system-administrator</category><category>gop-disrespect</category><category>hate-for-obama</category><category>obama-cabinet-choices</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:33:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cdrain017D1647EB-5CB0-A14E-54CA-2949A74AD71A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="176" width="314" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cdrain017D1647EB-5CB0-A14E-54CA-2949A74AD71A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Women in Battle</title>
<description><![CDATA[With so much talk about officials' leaving behind a legacy when they depart from office,&nbsp;we could be excused for thinking that Leon Panetta's decision to revoke the ban on women in combat units was just an attempt to do something striking. But it wasn't gratutious, and the s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Col. Jack Jacobs]]></source><link>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711319-women-in-battle</link><guid>http://jackjacobs.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711319-women-in-battle</guid><category>iraq</category><category>army</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>iran</category><category>air-force</category><category>navy</category><category>war</category><category>marines</category><category>syria</category><category>strength</category><category>africa</category><category>coast-guard</category><category>us-news</category><category>algeria</category><category>secretary-of-defense</category><category>combat</category><category>hagel</category><category>mali</category><category>panetta</category><category>chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-dempsey</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:18:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>