Gates’ statements reflect what the Pentagon has been saying as well – namely that any military support could not have arrived in Benghazi in time anyway.

‘I was raped during military service and during my first assignment—that was 1988, I was 18-years-old, it was two weeks before my nineteenth birthday.’

Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel was just confirmed by the United States Senate. The vote was 58 to 41.

Senator Graham really only has one goal and one focus: playing games and playing politics, regardless of who gets hurt.

There’s plenty in the memo for everyone, including civil rights advocates and right-wing Christian bigots, to hate.

It should come as no surprise that SNL saw the recent Chuck Hagel confirmation hearings as fertile fodder for their brand of humor; the ADL? Not so much.

The consensus on this morning’s show seemed to be that Senator Hagel was unprepared for the confirmation.

‘Chuck Hagel will make a very good Secretary of Defense. John McCain, loser of two Presidential campaigns…has never been very good at anything. Except maybe at holding a grudge.’

Chuck Hagel is a Republican’s dream come true – a multimillionaire war hero entrepreneur and former red state Senator. Yet, the GOP is still upset.