NEW YORK — President Obama has comparison Chuck Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska, to be his subsequent invulnerability secretary, branch to a distinguished Republican to lead a Pentagon as it faces a plea of circuitous down a fight in Afghanistan and probable reductions in troops spending.
But a nomination, that a White House central pronounced would be announced Monday, has already encountered unbending antithesis from Republicans and Democrats since of Hagel's views on Israel and Iran and his comments about an envoy who was gay.
Republicans, in particular, have lifted objections to statements by Hagel that they have described as dismissive of Israel and soothing on Iran. Hagel once described pro-Israel lobbying groups as a ''Jewish lobby.'' He has insisted that
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