Hagel: To Senators Worried About Politics Of Iraq War: ‘If You Wanted A Safe Job-Go Sell Shoes’

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Hagel Chides Colleagues On Iraq Vote: ‘If You Wanted A Safe Job, Go Sell Shoes’

This morning in his opening statements before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) said, “The American people are far ahead of us” on what do do next in Iraq. “They’re not conflicted with the nuances of life. They understand what’s going on.” According to a recent Gallup Poll, 56 percent of Americans want a withdrawal from Iraq within a year.

He chided his fellow colleagues for being too concerned about the politics of their Iraq positioning. “If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes,” he said. Hagel concluded that all 100 Senators have a responsibility to take a position on escalation. “We owe it to those men and women that we continue to send in that grinder.”

VIDEO: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/24/hagel-chides-colleagues-on-iraq-vote-%e2%80%98if-you-wanted-a-safe-job-go-sell-shoes%e2%80%99/