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Why Hagel Laid Down
‘Be A Tank’
Peter Beinart reports on why Chuck Hagel didn’t fight back during his confirmation hearing to be Obama’s defense chief.
Peter Beinart
Published
Feb. 1 2013
4:45PM EST
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