Despite continuing objections from Republican holdouts, the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a panel discussion and vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to become the next Defense Secretary on Tuesday afternoon.
Democratic Senator Carl Levin announced the Senate Armed Service Committee will not be taking Hagel's confirmation vote to the Senate floor on Thursday. When they do get around to voting on his confirmation, what are his real chances of him getting nixed? Math time!
The ads resemble the opening credits of a Hollywood spy movie, but how effective are they going to be when it comes to public opinion ahead of next week's confirmation hearings? And how much truth is there in the new advertising?
Republicans trying to raise a case against confirming Chuck Hagel have cited not so kind remarks regarding Israel as a reason not to confirm, but that could be a tougher sell now that Israel's departing Deputy Foreign Minister thinks Hagel is an alright guy.
After John Kerry was appointed Secretary of State, the worst kept secret surrounding Obama's new cabinet has been Chuck Hagel's appointment to Secretary of Defense. It's coming now, for certain, on Monday.
After weeks of speculation and before weeks of heated partisan bickering over his appointee's controversial record, President Obama will nominate former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense "as early as Monday."
The suddenly embattled former Nebraska senator's foes have planted enough doubt to make the confirmation process tenuous, maybe even impossible. It's "fair" to say Obama is now looking at other candidates, National Journal reports. Which ones?
The latest storm centers on the would-be Secretary of Defense's comments about would-be ambassador James Hormel 15 years ago — criticism substantive enough that Hagel is now walking it back.
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