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Hagel, ‘the Mediocre Man’

By Daniel Halper
Published February 5, 2013 2:31pm ET
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Hagel, ‘the Mediocre Man’
Chuck Hagel is “the mediocre man,” writes Bret Stephens: Once upon a time, a Republican senator from Nebraska spoke up for the right of mediocrities to occupy eminent positions of public trust. “Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers,” said Sen. Roman Hruska in 1970 as […]

Chuck Hagel is “the mediocre man,” writes Bret Stephens:

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