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Related: About this forumJoe Lieberman: Chuck Hagel Would Face 'Tough Confirmation Process' For Defense Post
A top outgoing senator on foreign policy issues, Joe Lieberman, told CNN on Sunday morning that former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel would likely face a "tough confirmation process" over his votes on Iran sanctions, were he nominated as the next secretary of defense -- but that he shouldn't be automatically eliminated.
President Barack Obama is expected to name his pick for the top Pentagon job in the coming days, and Hagel, a former Republican senator who broke with his party over the war in Iraq, is widely viewed as a leading contender.
Hagel has also faced pushback from Jewish and pro-Israel groups over his inconsistent voting record on Iranian sanctions and a small selection of remarks that have been interpreted as anti-Jewish. Friends of Hagel have dismissed the charges as absurd.
The independent senator from Connecticut, who is a leading figure of Congress' Jewish caucus and will retire at the end of the year, said he didn't think Hagel should be disqualified for the post based on his votes.
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Joe Lieberman: Chuck Hagel Would Face 'Tough Confirmation Process' For Defense Post (Original Post)
Purveyor
Dec 2012
OP
How many more of the Presidents 'first picks' can be scuttled before he starts to appear
Purveyor
Dec 2012
#4
Hagel is a Republican and a bigot of extraoridnary venom who should not be in government at all.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#5
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Why would any Presidential cabinet pick be "disqualified" on the
basis of Senate votes? Has that ever happened before?
Blasphemer
(3,263 posts)2. Most certainly true given his positions but I think he'll be confirmed... nt
budkin
(6,849 posts)3. Glad about this one. No Republicans!
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)4. How many more of the Presidents 'first picks' can be scuttled before he starts to appear
spineless?
I sure the repukes will 'high-five' if Hagel is dropped.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)5. Hagel is a Republican and a bigot of extraoridnary venom who should not be in government at all.
The horrid shit he said about a gay ambassador should disqualify him and would if he's said it about any other minority group. Because he attacked a gay person, folks think it is understandable and even here they defend this Republican.
madinmaryland
(65,118 posts)6. Mr. Irrelevant speaks. No one listens.