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Senate Republicans successfully delay Hagel nomination

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Good evening I'm read various bags are packed his office is -- doubt he's ready to head out of town but Defense Secretary Leon Panetta -- -- riding off into the sunset of California retirement.

Just yet senate Republicans are blocking a vote on Panetta's embattled replacement over among other things questions about the Libyan terror attack.

Last September -- congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel on what's holding up Chuck Hagel.

Senate Republican successfully delayed former senator chuck -- controversial nomination as secretary of defense.

Late today a procedural vote failed after Senator John McCain had made the case for waiting until after next week's recess -- I think that that is -- sufficient period of time.

To get answers to -- outstanding questions.

And I think that senator hagel after that period of time deserves.

A cloture vote and -- up or down vote on his nomination.

I have valued.

Your thoughts and your contributions and I think.

Most -- -- -- public office.

Feel that way.

Among the questions speeches like this one from June 13 2008 before the Arab American anti discrimination committee.

Which table had not disclose to the armed services committee.

Earlier a frustrated senate majority leader blasted Republicans for holding up handles nomination to lead the Pentagon.

It's shocking.

From my Republican colleagues would -- the nation without fully empowered -- defense -- all the things we're going on in the world including a war.

But retiring secretary Leon Panetta isn't leaving yet and leading Republicans say the sixty vote requirement is not unusual and Reid was fine with it when it was President Bush's nominees.

The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee says members have legitimate concerns.

Those of us who are in the minority.

On the Senate Armed Services Committee should demanded that any member of the Senate Armed Services Committee should have his questions answered before we vote.

On the confirmation that -- -- to be secretary dividends.

Other leading Republicans had demanded answers about that Ben Ghazi terror attack last September 11 were four Americans were killed.

This letter was sent today to Lindsey Graham McCain in Kelly Ayotte who -- mr.

Obama spoke with Libyan government officials during the attack.

White -- counsel Catherine Romer wrote quote Secretary Clinton called Libyan president mega reef on behalf of the president.

On the evening of September 112012.

To -- -- additional support to protect Americans in Libya and access to Libyan territory.

There that revelation -- angered Graham.

The present United States did not make any phone calls to any government official in Libya.

The entire.

Period of the attack.

We found that from the left the letter he called -- government officials in Libya on September the twelfth.

After everybody was dead.

We would not have gotten answers but for pushing for this and frankly the more answers we've gotten I think that we've shown here.

That this was a national security failure.

Late today in -- Google+ hang out President Obama said Chuck Hagel is eminently qualified to be secretary defense.

The president says he deserves a vote -- predicted eventually he will get confirmed right.

-- -- alive on the hill Mike thanks for just a word from the Pentagon that the Defense Secretary Lampanelli is heading to.

California tonight to Monterey and here it is also heading -- Defense Secretary to Brussels next week as Defense Secretary to the NATO ministerial meeting.

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