FYI - Israel's former MI chief: Choice of Kerry and Hagel sends 'bad signal' on Obama's Iran policy [View all]

Israel's former Military Intelligence chief, Amos Yadlin, says that the appointments of John Kerry as U.S. secretary of state and of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense is “a bad signal for those who believe in” U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

Speaking within the context of his previously-held position that Obama is capable of ordering an attack on Iranian nuclear installations as a last resort, Yadlin said that the two nominations may have made his argument weaker. Describing the forum of Obama, Biden, Kerry and Hagel as “the four senators”, Yadlin said that they are “like-mind, very cautious, [and] very supportive of a negotiated agreement.”