National Review online<\/strong><\/a> columnist snipped: “First enlisted man to head the Pentagon? Who better to run America\u2019s international war effort than a guy whose view of the military was through the wrong end of the telescope?”<\/p>\nSo Hagel would be more qualified if he had spent his time playing “laptop bombardier” – like many of his critics?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Has anyone done a roundup of attacks on Hagel for being an “enlisted man”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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