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Subject: STOP Chuck Hagel SECDEF. Defend Israel.
Dear [Your Congressman/Senator Inserted Here]
This petition requests that you please STOP, OPPOSE, and FILIBUSTER the nomination of the anti-Israel former Senator Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. Hagel is clearly pro-Muslim, anti-Jewish, and will not defend the existence of Israel should he be called to do so by American interests and our greatest ally. He further advocates breaking US laws to spy on American citizens, and drastic cuts to the Department of Defense. “It seems Mr. Hagel is out of sync with the majority of Americans,” said Daniel Mariaschin, executive vice president of B'nai B'rith International.
Hagel has said, among other things, that the National Security Agency struck "a very delicate balance, an important balance, and an effective balance, of protecting our national security and protecting our constitutional liberties" when it exceeded the law to eavesdrop on Americans. He further said, "The Defense Department, I think in many ways has been bloated....We've taken dollars, we've taken programs, we've taken policies out of the State Department, out of a number of other departments and put them over in Defense."
But most egregiously, Hagel said "The political reality is that... the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here.... I've always argued against some of the dumb things they do, because I don't think it's in the interest of Israel.... I'm not an Israeli senator. I'm a United States senator. I support Israel, but my first interest is, I take an oath of office...not to a president, not to a party, not to Israel." This confirms Hagel is not fit to command U.S. troops in support of Israel, our closest ally, who faces daily attack. Please FILIBUSTER Hagel now.
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