Did U.S. Defense Secretary receive money Hamas' friends?

Did U.S. Defense Secretary receive money from Friends of Hamas organization? I Sites associated with the right claim it is so. So far they have failed to prove the claim, but on the other hand Hegel did not issue any official denial, which increases the storm.

Since Obama announced Chuck Hegel as his candidate for defense minister, it was claimed that he has a negative attitude to Israel. At first things were based only on what he said, but now claims are more serious. The Ma'ariv newspaper reported today that 26 Republican Party senators signed a letter demanding Hegel to reveal the list of foreign donors from whom he received funds in recent years.

A Democrats senator hurried to defend Hegel and said, "This is an unprecedented demand which exceeds the accepted procedures regarding the transparency of the candidates prior to that position."

But the Republican Party said that "there is nothing unprecedented in that we ask of the candidate to defense minister to expose the foreign organizations which he addressed and how much money they paid him."

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