Cabinet Picks Show A Shift In How U.S. Wages War
Posted on AllSides January 31st, 2013
From The Left
Chuck Hagel, who spent more than a decade in the Senate asking witnesses questions at hearings, will be the one answering them Thursday as his confirmation hearing to be secretary of defense begins.
His hearing follows that of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who was confirmed this week to be secretary of state.
Kerry and Hagel have a prominent biographical detail in common: service in Vietnam.
"As a veteran of war, I will always carry the consequences of our decisions in my mind," Kerry said at the start of his confirmation...
