Two senators predicted Sunday that former senator Chuck Hagel would face a difficult confirmation if nominated by President Obama to be defense secretary.
Senator Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent who is retiring and would not have a vote, cited Hagel’s less-than-hawkish positions on Iran. Lieberman said on CNN’s ‘‘State of the Union’’ that it would be ‘‘a very tough confirmation process’’ and ‘‘there are reasonable questions to ask and that Chuck Hagel will have to answer.’’
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Barry the o sure does pick some beauts . . . a woman who runs around to Sunday morning tv shows telling fibs about a Libyan outbreak that killed a U.S. ambassador and three security men as a maybe Secretary of State . . . and an ex-Senator with Vietnam war heroics, but not a whole lot else to recommend him as a Defense Secretary.... Seems to be more leaning to political considerations than capabilities by this President...even as far as Hillary was concerned....