The Chuck Hagel that all Dems Love

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In 2009 Hagel was elected as board chairman of the Atlantic Council, a think tank and public policy group whose mission is to "promote constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs." This organization has received funding from a number of foreign governments, including those of of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, as well as five separate Turkish government entities.

In 2010 Hagel joined the board of directors of Chevron. That same year, one of the Turkish donors to the Atlantic Council—Turkish Petroleum Corporation—signed a major deal with Chevron for joint oil exploration in the Black Sea. The potential significance of this is discussed here.

Hagel is also a board of directors member of both the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the Ploughshares Fund. Ploughshares gives financial support to a number of organizations sympathetic to the theocratic regime of Iran and hostile to Israel. One such group is the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), the Iranian regime’s principal lobbyist in the United States. NIAC has a strong relationship with the Obama administration, as indicated by Andrew C. McCarthy's report in National Review: "[NIAC's] top official, Trita Parsi, visits the White House, consults with Valerie Jarrett, briefs Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton, lectures the CIA, and so on." Moreover, Hagel personally has had noteworthy ties to NIAC and its precursor organization (the American-Iranian Council), giving speeches in opposition to sanctions against Iran (vis a vis its nuclear program) and advocating unconditional negotiations with the mullahs in Tehran.

Thanks to the Dems, America and the world is in big trouble.

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