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Hagel: War for Oil

By William Kristol
Published January 5, 2013 3:35pm ET
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Hagel: War for Oil
In a post yesterday waxing enthusiastic about Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, Michael Moore called attention to a statement of Hagel that I don’t believe had been previously much noted. Here it is, from September 2007: “People say we’re not fighting for oil. Of course we are,” said the Republican Senator from Nebraska Chuck Hagel […]

In a post yesterday waxing enthusiastic about Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, Michael Moore called attention to a statement of Hagel that I don’t believe had been previously much noted. Here it is, from September 2007:

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