Republican Senator Chuck Hagel has amplified his criticism of the Bush administration’s policy in Iraq. In this week’s U.S. News & World Report, the Nebraska Senator said “The reality is that we’re losing in Iraq.” Continuing, he said “Things aren’t getting better; they’re getting worse,” adding: “The White House is completely disconnected from reality. It’s like they’re just making it up as they go along.” Hagel has criticized the administraton’s handling of the war before, but his talk of “losing in Iraq” represents his harshest assessment yet. His comments come after Vice President Dick Cheney declared that the world is seeing the “last throes” of the resistance in Iraq.