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SENATOR HAGEL AND A SORT OF RENEWED FORMER SENATOR BIDEN AREGOING TO HAVE A MUCH MORE LEFT-LEANING FOREIGN POLICY. >> SENATOR KERRY APPROVED OVERWHELMINGLY, BUT SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE OF SENATOR HAGEL RIGHT NOW.THE WHITE HOUSE WAS NOT TRYING TO DEFEND HIS PERFORMANCE BEFORETHE COMMITTEE BUT THEY'RE STILL CONFIDENT HE'S GOING TO GET CONFIRMED. >> AND I LOVE THAT STEPHANIE CUTTER HAS TO DO THAT ON SENATOR HAGEL AND JAY CARNEY WHOWAS A WHITE HOUSE -- A CORRESPONDENT DURING THE BUSH YEARS COVERING SENATOR HAGEL.IT MAKES SHE SO HAPPY.THIS IS MY KARMA.WHAT'S YOURS?>> I LOVE.[ ALL TALKING AT ONCE ][ LAUGHTER ]>> LOOK, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME ADDRESS DICK CHENEY.I THINK THE WORST THING THAT WE COULD DO RIGHT NOW IS TAKE DICK CHENEY'S ADVICE ON FOREIGN POLICY.THAT'S NUMBER ONE.NUMBER TWO, JOHN KERRY COMES TO THIS JOB WITH SO MUCH EXPERIENCE.LIFE EXPERIENCE, BOTH ON THE JOBAS THE CHAIR OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, HE HAS BEENAN AMBASSADOR ALL OVER THIS WORLD ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT OBAMA BRINGING, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTS ON THE GROUND TO AN END AND REPRESENTING THIS COUNTRY IN A STRONG WAY, A BALANCED WAY AND A DIPLOMATIC WAY, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,HIS BECOMING SECRETARY OF STATE IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION ANDAND BEING CELEBRATED ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> SENATOR HAGEL? >> SENATOR HAGEL.>> SORRY.>> NO, NO, PREVIOUS ON HIS PERFORMANCE, YOU KNOW, AND COMMITTEE HEARING, WHICH WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW HE PERFORMS HIS JOB AS SECRETARY OFDEFENSE.HE ALSO COMES TO THIS POSITION WITH SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE, BOTH AS AN ENLISTED MAN, AS A SENATOR AND HAS STRONG SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD IN BEING ABLE TO DO THIS JOB INCLUDING FROM REPUBLICANS.YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAYIN THE HEARING, PUTTING ASIDE HIS PERFORMANCE, THERE WAS A LOTOF GRUDGES BEING SETTLED.A LOT OF PERSONAL CONFLICTS BEING WORKED OUT.IT HAD VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH CURRENT FOREIGN POLICY.FOR GOD'S SAKE, AFGHANISTAN WAS BARELY EVEN MENTIONED.IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE SURGE IN IRAQ.THAT IS DEALING WITH OLD WOUNDS AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED -- >> STEPHANIE HAS TO COME BACK
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