Dick Cheney Tells CBS: Obama Wants To Do Serious Damage To Military [View all]

Source: CBS NEWS

In an interview Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” former Vice President Dick Cheney derides the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense.

“With respect to Chuck Hagel and – and [John] Brennan, at Defense and CIA – just in the last week, their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor,” Cheney tells Charlie Rose. “And that’s, you know, not my judgment. That’s the judgment, as well, of senators on both sides of the aisle. My guess is, if you look at what the president’s motives are for picking Chuck Hagel, I think he wants a Republican to go be the foil, if you will, for what he wants to do to the Defense Department, which is I think to do serious, serious damage to our military capabilities.”

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57568787/cheney-hagel-brennan-gave-poor-performances-in-confirmation-hearings/

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