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Senate confirms Hagel, advances Lew nomination

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    Mike Emanuel reports from Capitol Hill

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What -- those budget -- set to hit the Pentagon there is a new top off official there.

After weeks of really heated debate the senate today at last confirmed the former senator Chuck Hagel as the nation's next secretary defense.

A number of his fellow Republicans had been holding up the vote claiming he was too radical.

Questioning his positions on Israel and Iran.

He said to succeed Leon Panetta as Defense Secretary will be the first Vietnam veteran and first enlisted soldier ever to hold the position.

-- -- -- Capitol Hill tonight Mike lawmakers mostly voted along party lines mostly.

-- that's right Chapman -- and Chuck Hagel will get sworn in as secretary of defense tomorrow he says he can think of no greater privilege in the final.

-- if you will a democratic senator reminded his Republican colleagues that one day it'll be a Republican president trying to get folks confirm.

-- they'll say every dog has his day today there's a democratic president we have a democratic senate for confirmation.

Something that will be the case.

Part of the 58 votes for Chuck Hagel confirmation there were four Republicans Cochran -- hand Shelby and Rand Paul here's a top Republican no vote.

For that matter senator hagel was candid to admit there's many things about the department that he doesn't really know.

He's assured us that he will learn on the job.

That doesn't give me you know inspire a lot of confidence in me.

But in the end President Obama gets his man to lead the Pentagon -- He was from the very beginning meanwhile there was also progress today for president Obama's treasury picked Jack -- That's right Jack -- was voted out of the Senate Finance Committee the vote was nineteen to five there wasn't much of a sales pitch form.

It wasn't needed but there was one vocal critic.

Well we have seen so far is -- mr.

-- was very good at getting paid by taxpayer supported institutions.

Citigroup received a taxpayer funded bailout and gave -- more people so that on his way out the door.

Senate majority leader Harry Reid says he is hopeful there'll be an agreement for the entire senate.

To vote on the -- nomination.

Tomorrow -- Mike Emanuel on Capitol Hill.

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