https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/03/15/how-chuck-hagel-and-the-sequester-stalled-obamas-agenda/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 13:32:28 -0400<![CDATA[Looking back, we can identify two things that seriously eroded the president’s position. The first was Hagel. In the weeks prior to Hagel’s nomination, few could imagine that 41 Republican senators would end up opposing a former Republican senator for secretary of defense. But the battle over Hagel—the vetting of his positions on the Middle East, Iran, and the U.S. nuclear deterrent; the revelation of anti-Israel remarks he had made in the past; his horrible performance during his confirmation hearing, which revealed him to be completely unqualified—rallied Republicans against the president at a critical juncture. It also had the effect, in a body that seems incapable of dealing with more than one controversy at a time, of slowing down the rest of the president’s agenda.]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:55:19 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/03/15/how-chuck-hagel-and-the-sequester-stalled-obamas-agenda-n100898