The acrimony surrounding Chuck Hagel's confirmation to lead the Defense Department has caused a handful of Senators to formally ask the White House to withdraw his nomination. The almost unprecedented step has capped weeks of debate over Hagel's fitness for the job. In an effort led by TX Sen. John Cornyn, 11 GOP Senators have signed a letter asking the White House to drop Hagel's nomination.
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Setting aside questions surrounding his views on the Middle East and American foreign policy, Chuck Hagel's disastrous performance at his confirmation hearing cast doubts that he is up to the job. He seemed unprepared to answer his critics. Worse, he admitted that he didn't have deep knowledge of America's military, but assured Senators that he would learn on the job. Heading the Defense Department is not designed for on-the-job training.
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As of this morning, signers of the letter include Sens. Cornyn, Inhofe, Graham, Wicker, Cruz, Vitter, Lee, Toomey, Rubio, Coats and Ron Johnson.

UPDATE: Breitbart News has learned that four additional Senators have signed the letter. They are Sens. Coburn, Scott, Raisch and Barrasso. The letter was sent to the White House this morning.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/...agel-Nomination

This guy's a disaster for the military. Why can't Obama see that? Isn't he supposed to be "very smart"?

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) says he plans to vote to confirm former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) as secretary of Defense, bolstering the embattled nominee who has faced sharp GOP opposition.

"He’s probably as good as we’re going to get," Shelby said on Wednesday, according to The Decatur Daily.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r...l#ixzz2LYvij2Kw


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Doesn't matter if Hagel is UNFIT ..........they will still vote the sucker in !!
The most sickening and INSULTING part is ....even the Republicans will vote for him 'en masse' too !!

Maybe we need to see a list of the republican senators up for election next year and send them a few chosen words.

I like having this train wreck on duty under Zero. It will pay dividends in highlighting the Regimes incompetence. Just look at what a buffoon Kerry looks like dealing with Russia.

BTW, if Hagel is tanked, does anyone think that the next nominee would be any better? We have a Marxist in the WH. Elections have consequences.

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BTW, if Hagel is tanked

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They have the 60 ....the sucker is in like flint !!

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Cool movie poster, Frank