Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Chuck Hagel

You may know his as a former Republican Senator from Nebraska. Or you may know him as President Obama's nominee to be Defense Secretary.

But did you know he is also a former radio guy? It's true. From Tom Taylor's NOW column today...


"Chuck Hagel, Obama’s nominee as Defense Secretary, once worked in Omaha radio. In fact, he trained as a broadcaster at the Brown Institute (now Brown College in Minnesota) before serving in Vietnam, where he won two Purple Hearts. When Hagel returned from ‘Nam, he did news and other jobs in Omaha radio to make money, as he finished his degree from the University of Nebraska."

Of course that has nothing to do with whether or not he should be confirmed as Defense Secretary. I just thought it was interesting.