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Watch live: Senate committee votes on Hagel confirmation

Chuck Hagel at Senate confirmation hearing (Screengrab)

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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White House blasts Sen. Graham for threatening to block key nominees

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The White House said Monday a top Republican was harming national security by delaying confirmation of new Pentagon and CIA chiefs in a row over the US consulate attack in Benghazi. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham warned Sunday he would block Chuck Hagel’s Senate confirmation as defense secretary and John Brennan’s…

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Liberals and conservatives both wonder about ‘SNL’ unaired riff on Hagel’s Israel comments

SNL's unaired 'Chuck Hagel confirmation' sketch

Republican dissatisfaction with former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s (R-NE) feelings toward Israel took center stage in an unaired Saturday Night Live skit that has stirred up some questions online. The skit, which was written as an opener for the show, was performed at dress rehearsal but never made air and was…

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Maddow: Republicans wish we were still in ‘factually wrong’ Iraq war

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On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reviewed the Senate’s fierce confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. She noted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, were once close colleagues. Hagel served as McCain’s national co-chair during the 2000 Republican…

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Sen. Inhofe asks Hagel: Why does Iran ‘so strongly support’ you?

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Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe (OK) asked Chuck Hagel on Thursday why Iran supported his nomination as defense secretary. “Given that Iran, the people — I’m quoting right now from Iran — people of the Middle East, the Muslim region and North Africa, people of these regions hate America from the…

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Chuck Hagel’s Senate hearing: Testy exchanges on key foreign policy issues

Chuck Hagel at Senate confirmation hearing (Screengrab)

Chuck Hagel was forced to make repeated justifications of his positions on Iran, Israel and the Iraq war at a Senate confirmation hearing as Barack Obama’s next secretary of defense. The former senator was accused of holding “extreme views” and endangering US security, in testy exchanges before the armed services…

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Obama’s Pentagon pick faces Senate grilling

Chuck Hagel and Obama via AFP

The Vietnam War veteran picked to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, will face a tough grilling Thursday from Republicans who have painted him as hostile toward Israel and ready to appease Iran. When Hagel appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, Republican critics are expected to…

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Rabbi tells Israeli TV: ‘not the slightest anti-Israel hint’ from Hagel

U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. File photo via AFP.

An Israeli-born rabbi who claims to know Chuck Hagel well said in an interview aired Saturday that he has never heard any anti-Israeli sentiment from the nominee for US defence secretary, despite accusations to the contrary. “I have not heard the slightest anti-Israel hint or, as has been said in…

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Senate to hold Chuck Hagel confirmation hearing Jan 31

Chuck Hagel and Obama via AFP

US lawmakers will have their first chance to formally question Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s defense secretary nominee, on January 31 when the Senate convenes a confirmation hearing. The Senate Armed Services Committee announced Wednesday it will hold an open hearing, with the possibility of a follow-up session that would…

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Maddow calls Hagel out for ‘Akin-esque’ views on women’s health

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The Secretary of Defense’s duties now include oversight of policies impacting both women’s reproductive health and the rights of LGBT service members, two factors that make presidential nominee Chuck Hagel’s “Akin-esque” viewpoints a questionable fit for the position, Rachel Maddow said on Tuesday. “Running the Pentagon is about troop deployments…

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