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In an ideal world, yesterday's announcement from Senator Chuck Hagel that he was resigning from the US Senate would have been effective immediately. That way we wouldn't have had to listen to his long-winded, blustering, rambling, self-serving question statement to General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker this morning. To their credit, they did a nice job rebutting most of his salient points while maintaining their composure and dignity, more than can be said for the lame duck Senator from Nebraska.

By the way, why do Senators constantly have to remind us--as Hagel did this morning--that "It's my job to represent the people and ask the tough questions, blah, blah, blah..."? Yes, we know it is Chuckie. What the people would really like you to do is quit talking and ask a freakin' question.

I look forward to the day when we won't have Chuck Hagel kicking around the Senate anymore.

By the way, if you're not able to watch or listen to the Senate testimony live (consider yourself lucky), you can follow every self-aggrandizing moment at the Power Line Forum.