Senate confirms Hagel for defense secretary

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press In this Jan. 31 file photo, Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A deeply divided Senate voted to confirm President Barack Obama’s contentious choice of Hag...

WASHINGTON—A deeply divided Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Republican Chuck Hagel to be the nation’s next defense secretary, handing President Barack Obama’s pick the top Pentagon job just days before billions of dollars in automatic, across-the-board budget cuts hit the mil...

Published: 02/27/2013