Excellent read – there are glimmers of sunshine every now and then. Hagel and Kerry are two.
Chuck Hagel and brother Tom on tour in Vietnam
President Obama has nominated a pair of new cabinet secretaries in his foreign policy team, John Kerry for the State Department and Chuck Hagel for the Defense Department. (Image source)
They are both reasonably well respected in congress, where both served, and they are both decorated veterans of the Vietnam War. They have been chosen for their experience in world affairs and at least as importantly for their usefulness in impending policy debates regarding Iran and Afghanistan.
