(19. Februar 2013) Charles Häberl, a Rutgers University professor at the Center for Middle East Studies which hosted the event, says he is “certain” Hagel did not make the comment attributed to him.
“I did attend the event, and even though the event was nearly six years ago I’m certain that he did not make the remark attributed to him. The one blogger who related this remark, George Ajjan, has also claimed that the event was ‘closed to the press,’ which is demonstrably false, as the document you referenced indicates,” Häberl wrote in an email to BuzzFeed.