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SECURITY TEAM, THIS WEEK HE NAMED JOHN KERRY TO BE THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE.AND, THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR THE PENTAGON REPORTEDLY, IS FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL WHO YOU CAN SEE WENT ON A FOREIGN TRIP WITH THEN SENATOR OBAMA IN 2008 TO THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF KERRY AS THE DEFINITE -- WELL, I THINK ITIS FAIR TO SAY HE'S GOING TO SAIL THROUGH AS THE NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HAGEL AS A POTENTIAL SECREARY OF DEFENSE. >> SENATOR KERRY WILL GO THROUGHAND, HE IS AN APPROPRIATE SECRETARY OF STATE.I THINK, FOR A LIGHT FOOTPRINT, OFTEN --HE'LL EXECUTE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY CONFIDENTLY, I'M SURE AND I THINK SENATOR HAGEL WILL EITHER NOT BE NOMINATED OR CONFIRMED, HE'S MORE EXTREME THAN JOHN KERRY AND, THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE SAYS HE'S A REPUBLICAN AND, REPUBLICANS WILLGO FOR HIM, BUT ON FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, HE IS WAY TOTHE LEFT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA IN TERMS OF IRAN SANCTIONS.HE'S -- IRAN SANCTIONS, THE VOTEWHICH GOT 92, 97 VOTES IN THE SENATE AND HE VOTED AGAINST, AND, A LETTER SIGNED BY 99 SENATORS, DENOUNCING RUSSIA AND HE REFUSED TO SIGN IT AND HE'S ANTI-ISRAEL AND TALKED ABOUT THEJEWISH LOBBY IN 2006.AND FOR A REPUBLICAN -- TALKING ABOUT THE JEWISH LOBBY HAVING TOO MUCH INFLUENCE ON CAPITOL HILL, WILL THAT PERSON BE APPROPRIATE TO BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE? I THINK SENATOR HAGEL WILL NOT BE NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA,HE LIKES HIM, THEY WENT ON THIS TRIP TOGETHER AND HE LIKES THE IDEA OF HAVING A REPUBLICAN AND ALL OF THAT BUT REPUBLICANS -- AND ALSO DEMOCRATS, ARE QUIETLY TURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WHATARE YOU DOING TO US? YOU ARE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, WHATDO YOU WANT HIM FOR, HE VOTED AGAINST DEMOCRATS ON GAY RIGHTS AND ABORTION AND GUN CONTROL ANDNOW THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO WALK THE PLANK BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT THINKS IT WILL BE CUTE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REPUBLICAN AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. >> Chris: KIRSTEN, HOW MUCH TROUBLE IS HAGEL IN AND, BEGIN ALL OF THE PUBLICITY HE HAS GOTTEN, AS THE PERSON OBAMA WANTS TO PICK, IF HE DOESN'T GO AHEAD WITH THIS, AFTER WHAT HAPPENED WITH SUSAN RICE, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND TERM? >> WELL, I MEAN, TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE HE'S NOT WILLING TO FIGHT FOR PEOPLE, BUT, THE REASON HE NEEDSTO -- NO REASON HE NEEDS TO FIGHT FOR HAGEL. SUSAN RICE IS CLOSE TO HIM AND HAS BEEN R A LONG TIME.WITH HAGEL, I DON'T THINK HE HASA BIG CONSTITUENCY, AS BILL OUTLINE.CERTAINLY NOT A BIG CONSTITUENCY, AMONG THE DEMOCRATS. IF HE CAN'T GET REPUBLICAN VOTES, WHAT IS THIS POINE POINT, AND, NOT POPULAR WITH THE DEMOCRATS AND HAD A RUN IN WITH THE GAY COMMUNITY AND HE APOLOGIZED AND HRC ACCEPTED IT.BUT THERE IS BAD BLOOD THERE AND, MICHELLE FORNOY, IS -->> THE OBAMA -- THE FIRST TERM,
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