we write to you to express our deep concerns about the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to serve as Secretary of Defense. . ... This statement seems to ignore the fact that, Budget Control Act of 2011 had cut $487 billion from the budget over ten years — let alone that this round of..…

Thirty Years Ago, a Young Community Organizer Learned Electoral Politics from the New US Secretary of State . . ... I took that job, with a considerable pay raise, and I brought along with me the freelance reporter Leslie Desmond to be hired as press secretary. ..…