Chuck Hagel's Confirmation Vote Is Set, No Matter What Lindsey Graham Says

Despite continuing objections from Republican holdouts, the Senate Armed Services Committee?will hold a panel discussion?and vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to become the next Defense Secretary on Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Carl Levin announced today. If confirmed, the vote will go to the Senate later this week.

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The committee was expected to vote on Hagel and bring his nomination to Senate last week, but objections from committee members Lindsey Graham and Jeff Sessions over Hagel's controversial comments persuaded Levin to delay the vote. We already know that Hagel will be confirmed if the vote makes it to the Senate floor, but it will be interesting to see if a tight vote in the initial round affects the larger confirmation decision. On Meet the Press Sunday,?Graham threatened to hold up the confirmation even further unless President Obama and his administration answer more questions about the Benghazi consulate attack ? though it remained unclear how, exactly, he would hold it up now that Levin has scheduled a vote.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chuck-hagels-confirmation-vote-set-no-matter-lindsey-170947113.html

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