Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Rutgers Professor "Certain" Hagel Did Not Make Adjunct To Israel Comment During 2007 Visit


http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/rutgers-professor-certain-hagel-did-not-make-adjunct-to-isra
Article PhotoChuck Hagel's confirmation as Secretary of Defense has come under increased scrutiny in recent days following a report from The Washington Free Beacon bringing to light an account of a 2007 speech Hagel gave at Rutgers University where he allegedly said during a Q&A session after the speech that the State Department "has become adjunct to the Israeli Foreign Minister's office."
But Charles Häberl, a Rutgers University professor at the Center for Middle East Studies which hosted the event, says he is "certain" Hagel did not make the comment attributed to him.
"I did attend the event, and even though the event was nearly six years ago I'm certain that he did not make the remark attributed to him. The one blogger who related this remark, George Ajjan, has also claimed that the event was 'closed to the press,' which is demonstrably false, as the document you referenced indicates," Häberl wrote in an email to BuzzFeed.
Häberl was commenting on a press release which he was listed as an RSVP contact for the event, which prompted BuzzFeed's inquiry.
where has this guy been, republicans would probably not allow his testimony like everything else that shows potential error on their part. you know like Issa's panel on women's contraception with no women.
what is the tap on their recent witch hunts?
"We have checked several possibilities on campus and we have neither
video or audio nor a record of any media coverage of the event," the office of media relations wrote in an email to BuzzFeed.
In an interview with Fox News South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said Hagel wrote him a letter about the alleged comment saying that he did not remember making the comment and completely disavows that view.
does that make any difference to the rihght wing inquisition?  the new guy Cruz claims Iran is his buddy.