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                     Senate Republicans Block Vote on Hagel

   by VOA News

   Senate Republicans have blocked a vote to confirm Chuck Hagel as the
   new U.S. defense secretary.
   The Senate fell two votes short Thursday of Democrats' demand to end a
   Republican debate on the nomination and bring it to a final vote.
   The Senate now goes on a 10-day recess and Hagel will have to wait at
   least until then to find out if he will be the next Pentagon chief.
   Republicans have been holding up the Hagel nomination, demanding the
   White House provide more information about the attack last September 11
   on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  U.S. Ambassador Christopher
   Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
   White House spokesman Jay Carney says the administration has given
   Congress plenty of details on the attack.  He calls the Republican
   delaying tactics unconscionable.  He says U.S. troops and the country
   need a defense secretary.
   President Barack Obama chose Hagel, a former Republican senator, to
   replace outgoing defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
   But some Republicans accuse Hagel of being too critical of Israel and
   too soft on Iran.
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                     Senate Republicans Block Vote on Hagel

   by VOA News

   Senate Republicans have blocked a vote to confirm Chuck Hagel as the
   new U.S. defense secretary.
   The Senate fell two votes short Thursday of Democrats' demand to end a
   Republican debate on the nomination and bring it to a final vote.
   The Senate now goes on a 10-day recess and Hagel will have to wait at
   least until then to find out if he will be the next Pentagon chief.
   Republicans have been holding up the Hagel nomination, demanding the
   White House provide more information about the attack last September 11
   on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  U.S. Ambassador Christopher
   Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
   White House spokesman Jay Carney says the administration has given
   Congress plenty of details on the attack.  He calls the Republican
   delaying tactics unconscionable.  He says U.S. troops and the country
   need a defense secretary.
   President Barack Obama chose Hagel, a former Republican senator, to
   replace outgoing defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
   But some Republicans accuse Hagel of being too critical of Israel and
   too soft on Iran.
     __________________________________________________________________

   [1]http://www.voanews.com/content/senate-republicans-block-vote-on-hage
   l/1604055.html

References

   1. http://www.voanews.com/content/senate-republicans-block-vote-on-hagel/1604055.html