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Complete confidence that we were acting lawfully in the national interests and the best traditions of our country. america does not leave its soldiers behind. we made the right decision. >> standing by the call. probably not too surprising to anybody at this table. your thoughts, andrea? >> chuck hagel was at the department of defense to be a human shield. put a republican with the defense background, so if anything goes wrong, the white house can blame chuck hagel. what i dont get is the double...

Complete confidence that we were acting lawfully in the national interests and the best traditions of our country. america does not leave its soldiers behind. we made the right decision. >> standing by the call. probably not too surprising to anybody at this table. your thoughts, andrea? >> chuck hagel was at the department of defense to be a human shield. put a republican with the defense background, so if anything goes wrong, the white house can blame chuck hagel. what i dont get is the double...

Very, very difficult time with the sequester and all the other things going on. mr. hagel may be a very nice man but we have a lot of people whoa we be better. i dont think were going to get anybody but hagel. hes going to be confirmed and figures to be what mr. obama wants, a guy who is not going to be independent, who is not going to have a deep knowledge of the defense community and not going to be a very effective guy over >> neil: some secretaries of defense, leeon panetta, no defense backg...

But the truth is, one of the most positive aspects of qualities of this fund is the person they have in charge. thats one of the first things you look at here. ken feinberg is highly respected as a negotiator. he comes from a corporate defense background. ive been involved in very complex cases with ken. hes always proven himself to be somebody whos fair. thats the best we can hope for. its almost a solomon quality of fair. ive seen it with pharmaceutical cases with asbestos litigations dal con ...

Here, congress couldnt have done it. the court system couldnt have done it. obama did it and the republicans like rush hate that. but the truth is, one of the most positive aspects of qualities of this fund is the person they have in charge. thats one of the first things you look at here. ken feinberg is highly respected as a negotiator. he comes from a corporate defense background. ive been involved in very complex cases with ken. hes always proven himself to be somebody whos fair. thats the be...

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