They were trying to show you hear stories about hagel. Hes lazy. Come on. Theyre trying to demean him. And at the Staff Meetings he agreed with kerry and general dempsey. If they were right, why not . In other words, some people who got to say, got have my opinion, whether or not it whether or not its agrees or disagrees elm think were trying to show theyre shaking things up because things are not going as well as we would like in the middle east, like we were surprised by isil. Oh, general clappers fault. Well, do you want to fire him . No. So, hagel was easy sacrifice because, a. , a republican, who the republicans dont like. And, then you have and of course he wag weakened by the confirmation hearing. Again, ive known chuck. We worked together in the Reagan Administration. He was number two at va. Not 35 years old. A pretty big job. The head of va at the time said, agent orange is no worse than teenage acne. Can you believe that . So hagel said either he goes or i go. He went. That
He talks about the 2016 president ial race, which began with the entry with ted cruz and rand paul. This is just under an hour. Dave cook i am dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is senator mike lee, and it is an opportunity for what the senators new book calls a compliant press corps that is all too willing to blame republicans for anything and everything. [laughter] i guest tells of a unique childhood where his dad served as solicitor general under president reagan. Starting at age 10, he began attending Supreme Court arguments. Fellow Mormon Harry Reid was a friend of the lee family, and as the story goes, once locked a preteen mike lee in a garage. Overcoming scars that might have caused, senator lee earned his bachelors degree at Brigham Young university. He clerked for several judges, twice for samuel alito once when he was an appellate judge, and later on the Supreme Court. Our guest was in private practice in 2010 when he stunned the political establishment
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Obamacare is the essence of pragmatism. Is a deal with is a deal possible . The kennedy assassination. It has been 50 years. Harry reid was mad as hell and he was not going to take it anymore. The Senate Majority leader pushed a button on the Nuclear Option. That is ma called for a vote to change senate rules by a simple majority vote. Joined republicans to join the move. Reid said republicans forced his hand after what he called unprecedented use of the filibuster on three of president obamas nominees to the ac Circuit Court of appeals. The move shortcircuits filibusters on most president ial nominees except for those from the u. S. Supreme court. Most important and most dangerous restructuring since Thomas Jefferson wrote them. Enough is enough. They american pupils as ness is too important to keep falling prey day after day to washington politics. We are approaching a slippery slope that will destroy the very unique aspect of this institution called the United States senate. Im wond
Health and other issues facing veterans is Tom Tarantino, a former army captain and current chief. Announcement last weekend a good sign for veterans waiting for their benefits claims to be processed . Guest it was an expected announcement. The backlog has been reduced by about 1 3, which is outstanding news. There is some light at the end of the tunnel. We have about 400,000 claims still in the inventory. They were going to halt the mandatory overtime. We expect it to resume after the holidays in february. We have 400,000 claims. If they want to make their goal, it is going to require overtime and other initiatives that have put into gear that have started this trend downward. Host 400,000 claims that is down from 600,000 claims in march. Talk about the impact of the government shutdown. How did that affect the claims . Guest it slowed it down. We averted a potential disaster. The processors were technically protected. The v. A. Could not accept any new claims but they could continue