Obama digs in for a fight on Hagel, Brennan picks

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • President Barack Obama listens Monday in the East Room of the White House where he announced that he is nominating Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, center, as the new CIA director; and former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel...

WASHINGTON—Digging in for a fight, President Barack Obama riled Senate Republicans and some Democrats, too, on Monday by nominating former senator and combat veteran Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon and anti-terrorism chief John Brennan as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agenc...

Published: 01/08/2013