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Setting the Record Straight On Hagel, Iran Sanctions

Chuck Hagel’s record on Iran sanctions shows a clear understanding of the threat from Iran.
Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R) takes the podium after U.S. President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Hagel to be his new Secretary of Defense, at the White House in Washington January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Since the announcement that President Barack Obama would nominate former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, many have pointed to his past opposition to some Iran sanctions legislation as evidence that, in the words of Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), he “does not fully appreciate the dangers of a nuclear Iran or the character of the Iranian regime.”

In an ad paid for by the Emergency Committee for Israel, a menacing soundtrack plays as the narrator contrasts Obama’s support for sanctions with the Foreign Policy Magazine headline “Chuck Hagel Doesn’t Like Sanctions.”

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