The Senate cleared the way on Tuesday for the likely confirmation of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense.
Vice President Joe Biden will address the upcoming AIPAC policy conference.
Three Jewish groups praised the U.S. Senate\’s reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and urged the House of Representatives to follow suit.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said he will not run again for the Senate.
Senate Democrats filed a motion on Wednesday to end debate on the nomination of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense after Republicans refused to allow a vote, setting up a showdown vote by Friday.
A U.S. Senate panel approved Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense on Tuesday, setting the stage for a vote on his confirmation by the full Senate as soon as later this week.
Sticking strictly to party lines, the Senate Armed Services Committee referred the nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary to the full Senate for confirmation.
A U.S. Senate panel plans to vote on Tuesday afternoon on the bitterly contested nomination of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense, the committee said on Monday.
Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel in Senate hearings expanded on his apology for the use of the term \”Jewish lobby,\” and said it was also wrong to suggest pro-Israel groups \”intimidate\” Congress into doing \”dumb things.\”
Chuck Hagel has made strides in his bid to secure Senate confirmation as defense secretary, winning the endorsement of leading Jewish Democratic senators and meeting with the leaders of major American Jewish groups.
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