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Can Republicans stop Hagel's nomination?

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    Senate Democrats push ahead with vote despite GOP complaints

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There are new details emerging on Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel as we await a senate panel devoted his nomination as early as today.

Fox News confirming that hagel did not disclose at least two recent speeches.

On the Arab Israeli conflict is part of his confirmation process so then could this jeopardize his nomination.

Bit earlier I talked with the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee senator James inhofe from Oklahoma.

Senator -- hall thank you for your time and welcome back here to America's Newsroom.

Nice to be with bill can you prevent Chuck Hagel from being the Defense Secretary.

Well I think you know I don't really know if I can stop it at today at 230 he will be passed out of committee because.

It could be right I think it's going to be right on partisan votes the Democrats want to Republicans note.

So they'll be able to get about a committee.

The next problem there's going to be we're gonna see to it that he has a sixty vote threshold.

And by doing that there's gonna have to be sixty members of the United States senate who want him to be the secretary did this just keep one thing in mind you know I give.

I give senator cruise credit for this he had eight -- have videotape of Al-Jazeera.

Where -- who agreed with them.

That Israel was guilty.

War crimes was guilty of sickening slaughter that America's.

Is the world's bully.

In India and arguably one of the strongest.

Terrorist states Iran is endorsing him to be.

The next secretary of defense so -- sixty members of the United States senate.

Think that he'll be it's vital that you did it's a great advance will find it appears that -- right at the line of that right now would you agree.

Oh well yeah I don't really know I have no way no I know that.

All -- too the Republicans in the senate have said negative things about.

So I don't know how that would translate into votes -- to have seven -- courage.

Has Senator McCain suggested that this is not the type filibuster battle that.

Republicans in the senate want.

-- -- -- with him no I don't agree with that first loss not a filibuster I'm just saying that we are going to try to get it consent agreement.

So that Harry Reid will allow us to have six a sixty vote margin.

-- to have you with Kathleen Sebelius as happened with John Bryson hit it was Dirk Kempthorne this very common thing it should be expected.

That they should have have to have a sixty vote mark -- late -- personality.

-- late yesterday Fox News reports two of -- senator hagel -- is apparently remitted from his senate disclosure form.

It is that an issue for you.

They don't it's not an issue for me but it it is it to me -- -- -- decided because of his background his relationship with.

Iran and all of this -- that I would symposium however other members are concerned about not getting -- financial information that they requested.

And they I think they have a strong point there I think we have three or four senators I know senator cruises what are those.

Senator Lindsey Graham -- this should not go forward until the White House.

Provides more information as to what the president was doing.

And how the White House was communicating on the night of September 11 when the consulate in the Gaza was under attack is that an issue for you well.

It's today it that isn't an issue for me -- it's a totally different subject however.

You know we have United States senators who are elected to office -- on the armed services committee.

In different things mean.

Are found objectionable to each word we're not carbon copies.

And certainly.

Senator Graham has every right to have the information that he's asking for and I'm hoping that senator Graham would not.

I think he's supporting the idea of the sixty vote threshold I know you will not vote for him in the end you win this battle -- -- -- I give an age 5540.

-- and half thank you for your time today -- from Capitol Hill thank you senator.

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