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The Real USO Story

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — January 31, 2013 11:49 am

Secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel misled the Senate Armed Services Committee about his efforts to shutter a popular USO port in the Israeli city of Haifa.

Hagel, the USO,
and the War over Haifa

U.S.-based sources confirm Hagel tried to shoot down popular USO port

BY: Adam Kredo — January 8, 2013 5:41 pm

Multiple U.S.-based sources involved in the battle to save a popular USO port in the Israeli city of Haifa in the late 1980s corroborated accusations that secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel fought to close the hub.

The Saga of Hagel and Haifa

Potential SecDef nominee tried to shut down USO port in Israeli city of Haifa, sources say

BY: Adam Kredo — January 3, 2013 4:51 pm

A popular USO port in the Israeli city of Haifa was the center of a bitter dispute over U.S. funding for overseas operations in the late 1980s.