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Chris Wallace on Hagel: ‘I’m impugning his competence’
Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday questioned if former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) even had the “competence” necessary to be the secretary of defense. During an interview with Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Wallace pointed out that Hagel had admitted to misspeaking during his Senate confirmation hearing when he suggested…
How Breitbart.com turned ‘Friends of Hamas’ joke into a right-wing firestorm
Dan Friedman of the New York Daily News admitted to being the unwitting source of a false rumor — promoted first by Breitbart.com editor Ben Shapiro — that Defense Secretary nominee Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) had been paid to give a speech to the organization “Friends of Hamas.” In a…
Maher on Hagel: Based on GOP statements ‘the Israelis are controlling our government’
On Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, the host took issue with Senate Republican’s blocking of Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense — actions which have been called unprecedented by Democrats, although USA Today reports that leading senators claim that they will allow a vote the week of…
Maddow on GOP blocking Hagel: ‘This is a fresh hell in American politics’
Thursday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow turned her sights on the unprecedented move by the Republicans to block the nomination of Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense. The level of obstructionism as most recently signified by the act of blocking every move that President…
Hannity: Unprecedented filibuster of Hagel is ‘a big win’ for Republicans
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday congratulated Republicans for successfully using a filibuster to temporarily block a president’s nominee for secretary of defense — former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) — for the first time in the history of the U.S. Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday said…
Reid: Blocking of Hagel ‘one of the saddest spectacles I have witnessed’
US Senate Republicans successfully blocked Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be President Barack Obama’s next Pentagon chief on Thursday, forcing a 10-day delay in his confirmation vote. By a vote of 58-40 with one member voting present, Democrats failed to overcome a procedural roadblock put up by Republicans who had demanded…
Panetta on Hagel delay: Let me ‘get the hell out of town’ already
With a feuding Senate holding up approval of his successor, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday joked that he hoped he would be allowed “to get the hell out of town” and retire as planned. At an event honoring recently retired Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 74-year-old Panetta said…
For first time in U.S. history, Republicans filibuster defense secretary nominee
Republicans demanding answers from President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Pentagon forced Senate leaders Wednesday to delay a vote, throwing Chuck Hagel’s confirmation into doubt. Senators James Inhofe and Lindsey Graham have expressed strong opposition to rushing Hagel’s confirmation process, and after Hagel was narrowly approved by the Senate…
Hagel defense nomination passes key Senate panel
A divided Senate panel approved Chuck Hagel on Tuesday to be the next US secretary of defense, a key step in a process that could see the controversial nominee confirmed as early as this week. The Senate Armed Services Committee split along party lines to vote 14 to 11, with…
Watch live: Senate committee votes on Hagel confirmation
Senate Armed Services Committee votes to confirm Chuck Hagel as defense secretary. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 12. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
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