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Hagel Slams Obama on Syria
“We kept kind of deferring the tough decisions.”
12.18.2015
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Brian Lilley
Chuck Hagel, the Vietnam war hero turned Republican senator turned Obama administration Defense Secretary, took some shots at his former boss this week. As The New York Times reports, Hagel wrote in a op-ed that President Obama's decision to ignore his own "red line" on Syria hurt the administration's capability:
In a Foreign Policy article published on Friday — his first extensive comments to the news media since he resigned under pressure in November 2014 — Mr. Hagel also echoed other former colleagues who do not like the way the president’s national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, has run internal deliberations on top foreign policy issues.
“For one thing, there were way too many meetings,” Mr. Hagel said, describing a process in which officials mulled issues without ever getting “to where we needed to be.”
“We kept kind of deferring the tough decisions,” he said. “And there were always too many people in the room.”
Hagel was pushed from office over disagreements with Rice and his slow pace at releasing terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Hagel Slams Obama on Syria
“We kept kind of deferring the tough decisions.”
12.18.2015
News
Brian Lilley
Chuck Hagel, the Vietnam war hero turned Republican senator turned Obama administration Defense Secretary, took some shots at his former boss this week. As The New York Times reports, Hagel wrote in a op-ed that President Obama's decision to ignore his own "red line" on Syria hurt the administration's capability:
In a Foreign Policy article published on Friday — his first extensive comments to the news media since he resigned under pressure in November 2014 — Mr. Hagel also echoed other former colleagues who do not like the way the president’s national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, has run internal deliberations on top foreign policy issues.
“For one thing, there were way too many meetings,” Mr. Hagel said, describing a process in which officials mulled issues without ever getting “to where we needed to be.”
“We kept kind of deferring the tough decisions,” he said. “And there were always too many people in the room.”
Hagel was pushed from office over disagreements with Rice and his slow pace at releasing terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Hagel Slams Obama on Syria