Confirmation Hearing Was A Rough Ride For Hagel

NPR | Feb. 03, 2013 9:54 a.m.

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David Welna

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Just days after Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry sailed through Senate confirmation to his new job as secretary of state, Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel came before his former colleagues Thursday, and got a decidedly less friendly reception on his path to secretary of defense.