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Gravel Makes the Hagel Case on Iranian State-Run TV

'He would get involved in any plan to go to war with Iran...Hagel would not be a friend of Israel'

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — January 18, 2013 12:51 pm

Former Sen. Mike Gravel (D., Ala.) made the case for the confirmation of defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel–on Iranian state-run television.

Iran State TV Praises Obama’s ‘anti-Israel’ Hagel selection

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — January 6, 2013 4:10 pm

Iran’s state-run Press TV has praised President Barack Obama for his likely selection of the “anti-Israel” former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department, according to a report published Saturday.