Decorated veteran Chuck Hagel deserves fair hearing

by Bill Crawford Published: January 18,2013
Tags: Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, Meridian, Secretary of Defense
A week ago Monday, President Barack Obama nominated former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, calling him “an American patriot.” The prior Sunday, Sen. Roger Wicker tweeted that he would “strongly oppose” the nomination. “Chuck Hagel would be a divisive and disastrous nominee for SecDef,” read the tweet. Remarkable that Wicker took such [...] [...]

