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Chameleon Chuck: How Hagel’s Views Have Changed

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Hagel showed up to his confirmation hearing today with a whole new set of opinions. From Iran to nukes to “don’t ask, don’t tell,” Eli Lake on the defense nominee’s foxhole conversion. Plus, live updates from the Senate floor.

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They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and while the Senate Armed Services Committee is hardly a war zone, it is proving to be the scene of a battlefield conversion for Chuck Hagel.

Obama’s nominee for secretary of defense, who has spent the past eight years an avowed critic of...

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