The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as the next secretary of defense early Tuesday evening, with 58 senators supporting his nomination and 41, all Republicans, opposing. The boss, in his capacity as the chairman of the Emergency Committee for Israel, responded in a statement:
We fought the good fight, and are proud to have done so. We salute all those -- Democrats and Republicans, Christians and Jews -- who joined with us in the effort to secure a better Secretary of Defense. We are heartened that the overwhelming majority of senators from one of the two major parties voted against confirming Mr. Hagel. We take some comfort in Mr. Hagel's confirmation conversions on the issues of Israel and Iran, and do believe that, as a result of this battle, Mr. Hagel will be less free to pursue dangerous policies at the Defense Department and less inclined to advocate them within the administration. And since hope is an American characteristic and a Jewish virtue, we will also say that we hope Mr. Hagel will rise to the occasion and successfully discharge his weighty duties. In this task we wish him well.
This battle against Chuck Hagel is over. The fight for a principled, pro-Israel foreign policy goes on.
Yesterday, the Emergency Committee for Israel released this ad:
"The Obama administration is embarrassed to say" that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, the ad shows. Mitt Romney, according to the ad, has no problem saying that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
The Emergency Committee for Israel has released its latest ad, anchored by this line: "Next year ... President Mitt Romney in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel." Watch here:
"What's the capital of Israel?," ECI asks in a press release accompanying the ad. "President Obama once knew. In 2008 he declared that 'Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided.'"
The latest Emergency Committee for Israel ad points out that President Obama has traveled all over the world, but hasn't been to Israel since becoming president:
"As the dangers to Israel mount, where's Obama?," the voiceover in the ad asks. "Anywhere but Israel."
The Emergency Committee for Israel announced today that its "Time To Act" will be hitting airwaves in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Already, the spot has aired in Washington, D.C. and New York City. Watch here:
"Why does the Obama administration treat Israel like a punching bag?" That's the question the Emergency Committee for Israel is asking today in five full page newspaper ads across the nation:
The ad appears in today's New York Times, Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, and Variety.
President Obama has united Democrats and Republicans on a single issue: Israel. That's the premise of a new Emergency Committee for Israel ad targeting the special election in New York's 9th Congressional District:
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