The New Yorker’s Connie Bruck examines the case of Chuck Hagel and his enemies. (& see her 2008 profile.)- The real reason for Hagel antagonism? His dissent on misconduct of Bush’s war on terror.
- Four former national security advisors write in Hagel’s defense.
- Republican Senators were for Hagel before they were against him.
- Iran’s Ahmadinejad fires Minister of Health Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, Iran’s only female cabinet member since 1979.
- The children of former Iran President Rafsanjani sue pro-Ahmadinejad lawmaker.
- New movies boost Iran’s wobbly film sector.
- America’s failing drone war in Yemen.
- +972 person of the year: the settler.
- Geoffrey Aronson sifts the implications of Israel’s leadership calling the PA’s pro-West Prime Minister Salam Fayyad an obstacle to peace.
- Why is Israel ignoring Marwan Barghouti?
(Photo: Then presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) during a news conference in Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji.)