We Learned Everything About Hagel -- Except What Matters
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Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagelwas sworn in today as secretary of defense, and yet, as of 3:30p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Israel still exists. So that countsfor something, doesn’t it?
The debilitating, sometimes farcical and mainly unseriousdebate about Hagel’s record has yielded numerous lessons, someof which might have a useful effect on the national discourse ifactually understood. Here are a few: