https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/07/liberals-pretty-excited-about-this-hagel-pick/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 05:04:23 -0400<![CDATA[“The Hagel confirmation battle will show whether the AIPAC crowd has cried wolf too many times and the system is now becoming numb,” said Steve Clemons, a central figure in what he calls “progressive realist” foreign policy and Washington editor at large for The Atlantic. The fight “will also out the fact that the real issue here is not US-Israel relations but rather how fearful defense contractors which suck up a huge amount of defense spending are pulling a lot of these levers,” he said&#8230;]]>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:00:57 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/07/liberals-pretty-excited-about-this-hagel-pick-n280739