Metro.usMyMetro Events http://www.metro.us Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Senate confirms Hagel as secretary of defense http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/02/26/senate-confirms-hagel-as-secretary-of-defense/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/02/26/senate-confirms-hagel-as-secretary-of-defense/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:27:02 +0000 Cassandra Garrison http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=116234 Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary. Credit: Reuters Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary.
Credit: Reuters[/caption] The Senate voted to confirm Chuck Hagel on Tuesday as President Barack Obama's new secretary of defense. Senators backed the nomination by a 57-41 vote, as voting continued, with only about four Republicans joining Democrats in support of Hagel, a Republican former U.S. senator from Nebraska. Hagel needed only 51 votes to be confirmed as the new civilian leader at the Pentagon.]]> Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary. Credit: Reuters
Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary.
Credit: Reuters

The Senate voted to confirm Chuck Hagel on Tuesday as President Barack Obama’s new secretary of defense.

Senators backed the nomination by a 57-41 vote, as voting continued, with only about four Republicans joining Democrats in support of Hagel, a Republican former U.S. senator from Nebraska.

Hagel needed only 51 votes to be confirmed as the new civilian leader at the Pentagon.

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