https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/03/why-is-hagel-still-in-the-mix/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:29:36 -0400<![CDATA[In short, if one accepts that most policy in this administration gets made at the White House (more so than in administrations with powerful secretaries of state and defense) then the defense job, as we saw with Leon Panetta, becomes one centered almost entirely on executive management. If the president wants the most bureaucratically adept and skillful budget manager, it sure isn’t going to be Hagel, even his defenders (and, interestingly, virtually all are tepid ones) would concede.]]>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:27:23 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/03/why-is-hagel-still-in-the-mix-n98865