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The Atlantic's 2nd Annual Economy Summit 7 Mar 2013 | 10:19 pm
President Bill Clinton's winning catchphrase "It's the economy, stupid!" still resonates in consequential political debates today -- with both sides of the political aisle and the many factions of eco...
Chuck Hagel's Door 28 Feb 2013 | 08:36 am
History and consequence will occur behind this door for the next many years. -- Steve Clemons
Hagel Sworn In 27 Feb 2013 | 08:55 pm
Chuck Hagel, left, is sworn into office as the 24th defense secretary by Michael L. Rhodes, the Defense Department's director of administration and management, as Hagel's wife, Lilibet, holds a Bible ...
Nation's Former Top Dog Republican Shares Views on Chuck Hagel 23 Feb 2013 | 12:52 am
It's so odd to hear Senators Inhofe, Cornyn, Cruz and a small passel of other GOP Senators state that Chuck Hagel doesn't enjoy Republican support. That's simply not true. Senators Shelby, Johanns, Co...
Talking Immigration Reform with McCain, Bennet & Klobuchar 6 Feb 2013 | 10:11 pm
Thursday afternoon (tomorrow!), as a part of The Atlantic's larger "Manufacturing's Next Chapter" event, I will sit down with Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Amy Klobuchar (D-M...
112 Pages of Answers from Chuck Hagel 30 Jan 2013 | 08:38 pm
Reuters Tomorrow morning at 9:30 am, the US Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on former Senator Chuck Hagel's nomination by the President to be the next Secretary of Defense. A siz...
Politico's Matt Wuerker on Hagel Debate 27 Jan 2013 | 09:57 am
Brilliant. The Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist at Politico nails it on Hagel debate. h/t to Daniel Lippman. -- Steve Clemons
Hillary Clinton Prevails at Benghazi Hearings 24 Jan 2013 | 11:33 pm
Here are some thoughts I shared with PRI's The World yesterday on Hillary Clinton's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the Benghazi disaster and death of US Ambassador to Li...
100 Minutes on Chuck Hagel 14 Jan 2013 | 08:47 pm
Sunday morning this week on C-Span Washington Journal, I spent some quality time with former Project for a New American Century Executive Director and now AEI scholar Gary Schmitt discussing Chuck Hag...
Blast from the Past: Elliott Abrams on John Lennon 12 Jan 2013 | 09:04 pm
There is a brewing storm over Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Elliott Abrams' intemperate remarks about Senator Chuck Hagel -- arguing that the Secretary of Defense nominee must prove he is...
