Senator Ted Cruz Sits Down With Fox News Sunday - 01/06/2013

it may have joined the club just four days ago but there is no mistaking that there is a new Texan in the Senate from government spending to gun control this

tea party Republican is ready to make his mark in a town that he has been none too shy to criticize joining

me now to talk about the future of his party and he stand on the issues the senator Ted Cruz welcome back to fox news Sunday this

them expected to be a former Nebraska Chuck Hagel %HESITATION it's expected the president will make that announcement the next couple of days how

you vote on Hagel's if Hagel is nominated it is very difficult to imagine a circumstance in which I could support his confirmation %HESITATION

it's interesting the president seems bound and determined to proceed down this path despite the fact that Hagel's record is

stand unshakable with the nation of Israel and he has consistently and we can with respect to our enemies with with

with respect to the nation of Iran he has opposed sanctions over and over again and the job of the secretary that defense

think weakness in a secretary of defense invites conflict because because bullies don't respect weakness what's

what's your problem with Hegel on the issue of Israel ok with respect to the issue of Israel he has it repeat

said U. S. policy is dependent on on what he calls the Israel lobby which is a pejorative term %HESITATION

was going to say this for the panel but maybe we could we could bring it up now at here's here's what he said %HESITATION David Aaron

an article for policy makers in back to the beginning of December and David Miller's I think about their wasn't as dire as many people are making it out

to be he is opposed to some Israeli policies but he certainly not anti Israeli is not anti semitic and

expressed that that that with respect to Iran with respect to Israel he doesn't want criticism

from other nations of the world you know that's not the job of the defense secretary's not being nominated be secretary of state are

you want to talk about the most effective diplomacy this nation is seen in modern times I would suggest it was Ronald Reagan standing up in winning the Cold War without firing a shot and

thinks sanctions are too harsh you've got to be laughing at the prospects of it of anything harsher

than sanctions all of that said Souter do you think he will be confirmed you know I I don't know on

I do think it is interesting that the president seems hell bent on nominating him despite the fact that a number of prominent Republicans of criticized him and

opposition to his position and so doesn't seem he doesn't seem terribly concerned that there's not a lot of support for Chuck Hagel zbig

nomination coming for will be for treasury secretary as well Tim Geithner expectantly perhaps before the debt ceiling debate takes place Jack Lew a

who's currently the chief of staff over the white house is the leading candidate how would you vote on Lou you know I I would have to look

at his record and listen to what he has to say I'll tell you my view on any treasury secretary would be that that

that I would want to hear some real proposals for growth in this whole debate about the fiscal cliff we've