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| Chuck Hagel filibustered by GOP for defense post |
| 2013-02-16 |
| [WASHINGTONTIMES] Republicans succeeded Thursday in blocking a vote on Chuck Hagel, President B.O.'s defense secretary nominee, by launching the first filibuster in history against a president's choice to fill the Pentagon's top civilian post. GOP senators said they are delaying the confirmation in order to have more time to study Mr. Hagel's record and to obtain more information on the White House's handling of the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a matter on which they accuse the administration of stonewalling or providing wrong information. Republicans expect they will green-light him later this month after the chamber returns from a weeklong vacation. Still, the filibuster is a stark move against a man who just four years ago was a Republican senator from Nebraska -- meaning the senators are blocking one of their former colleagues. The vote drew a furious response from the White House, which said Republicans were "playing politics" with the Defense Department and with Mr. Hagel, who was maimed serving as an enlisted combat soldier in Vietnam. "Allow this war hero an up-or-down vote, and let our troops have the secretary of defense they deserve," press secretary Jay Carney said after the vote. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 apparently he was an all-purpose insufferable dick to colleagues and staff alike. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-02-16 13:19 |
| #2 meaning the senators are blocking one of their former colleagues Time wounds all heels. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-02-16 13:09 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: junkiron 2013-02-16 02:56 |