‘US will not go to war with Iran’ [video]

PressTV
January 10, 2013

A former US senator tells Press TV that in case Chuck Hagel gets confirmed by the Senate as the US Secretary of Defense, there would not be any plans by him for a war on Iran.

US President Barack Obama nominated former senator Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary. Obama chose Hagel on Monday to replace Leon Panetta at the Pentagon for his second-term, despite political uproar over the nomination. Obama said at a press conference in White House that Hagel, an outspoken critic of Israel, is “the leader our troops deserve,” praising his “willingness to speak his mind.”

The US President called the former Nebraska senator “an American patriot,” who earned “respect of national security and military leaders, Republicans and Democrats, including me.” Meanwhile, Israeli Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin has expressed worry over the nomination of former US Senator Chuck Hagel as the next American defense secretary, amid similar reactions invoked by the regime’s backers in the US.

Press TV talks with Mike Gravel, former US Senator in San Francisco, regarding the issue.