Hagel, who considered running for the GOP presidential nomination as an antiwar candidate, told the foreign policy experts that he would give the Bush Administration “the lowest grade of any I’ve known.”

“I have to say this is one of the most arrogant, incompetent administrations I’ve ever seen or ever read about,” Hagel said, according to our colleague Robert Kaiser, who attended the speech. In case his audience didn’t get the point, Hagel also said: “They have failed the country.”

- Washington Post

He is missed... what, again, was the reasoning for his retirement?

Go Chuck go!

I know him only from VideoSift clips, but I never get tired of watching him grill these bozos; always talking sense rather than echoing bad cliches and talking points. I couldn't name a Senator that I admire more from either side of the isle--Kudos to Nebraska for sending him.

Can't we get more politicians who can think for themselves and put their own words to together to construct rational arguments?

He's retiring you say, raven? Damn.

Since even Democrat Murtha now admits the surge is working despite the protests of RINO Hagel and others, I'm surprised this would be brought up now.

Please, have some more rope, dems.