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As candidate, Hagel supported de-funding Radio Free Europe

Supported shuttering RFE, Radio Marti, Radio Free Asia in 1996 Senate race

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — January 25, 2013 4:27 pm

Secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel sought to eradicate U.S. funding for pro-democracy broadcasts across the globe during his tenure in the Senate, according to a candidate questionnaire from his 1996 race against then-Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson (D).

Freedom’s March

George W. Bush makes rare speech in Washington, D.C., challenges America not to give up on freedom abroad

BY: Adam Kredo — May 15, 2012 2:21 pm

Democratic revolutions in the Middle East have forever disproved the “idea that Arab people are somehow content with oppression,” said former President George W. Bush, who discussed the significance of freedom and democracy Tuesday during a rare speech in Washington, D.C.