A revealing list of the most-mentioned words at Hagel’s confirmation

[Ichingcarpenter]

Most cited countries:
Israel: 178
Iran: 169
Vietnam (seems like old times): 41
Afghanistan: 38
Iraq: 30
Syria: 18
North Korea: 11
Pakistan: 10
Egypt: 9
China: 5
Libya/Benghazi (remember that?): 3
Yemen: 2
Mali: 1

Most cited threats:
Nuclear/warheads: 154
Terrorism: 76
War: 41
Missiles/rockets: 20
Al-Qaeda (Al who?): 2
Taliban (Tali-what?): 0

Most cited people:
President Obama: 27
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta: 22
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: 11
Former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates: 9
George W. Bush: 3
Afghan President Hamid Karzai: 0
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Amazingly, despite all the interest in these two countries, their actual leaders were not referenced even once.

Pentagon issues:
Budget/spending: 81
Veterans: 38
Women: 26
Mental health/suicide: 25
Openly gay/same-sex relationships/don’t ask, don’t tell: 8
Sexual assault: 3
Drones: Just kidding, it didn’t come up.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/02/01/a-revealing-list-of-the-most-mentioned-words-at-hagels-confirmation-hearing/?print=1

[King_Klonopin]

1. The top 5 would be:

Israel, Iran, nuclear warheads, money for DOD, and Obama.

No mention of the leaders of Iran and Israel -- they don't matter.

They really do fantasize about having an "Armageddon".

Ahma geddin' outta here!

[66 dmhlt]

2. "The Atlantic" created a Word Cloud from the hearings ...

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/the-hagel-hearings-what-the-word-cloud-shows/272801/

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Thanks...n/t

[truebluegreen]

4. Yep, as was said elsewhere

This is your "World's Greatest Deliberative Body" at work.

[Zorra]

5. That speaks volumes, thanks. nt