Posted on 02/06/2013 2:31:17 PM PST by Tex-Con-Man
The Senate Armed Services Committee will not hold a vote Thursday on the confirmation of secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel, according to reports.
Hagel vote wont be tomorrow in Armed Services, Politicos Manu Raju tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Levin: The committees review of the nomination is not yet complete. Foreign Policys Josh Rogin also confirmed the delay.
Hagels murky financial entanglements are a major concern in the delay, according to sources close to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). Also of concern is a committee investigation into how Hagel and his Senate office handled a 2007 sexual harassment allegation made by a former staff member.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) distributed a letter to his Republican colleagues calling on SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D., Mich.) to delay a committee vote until Hagel responds to the numerous questions about his financial entanglements, according to multiple Senate sources.
The letter has garnered at least two dozen signatures thus far, the sources said.
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Hagel told the committee he was unable to provide further information about possible foreign funding sources for the organizations and corporations he is affiliated with.
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Hagels refusal to provide further information about who funds the organizations and companies he is affiliated with could lead some GOP senators to consider holding up his nomination until the issue is resolved, sources close to the committee told the Free Beacon.
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I MEAN “Ted Cruz”!
They should of postponed voting for John Kerry, too!
The napscoordinator is on the money. Whoever planned this one for Obama knows exactly what he is doing. Pick a Rino who will, if confirmed, do exactly what the left wants and if he is not confirmed they can rant about how they tried everything possible, they even went so far as to nominate a Republican for the most important slot in the whole cabinet and then the other Republicans refused to confirm him, that proves the GOP is just a collection of nutcases.
That misses the point of my question. Why wasn't Cruz nearly as up in arms about John Kerry as he was about Chuck Hagel?
Opposing Hagel's appointment to the death while allowing Obama's other picks (who are much worse) to slide by makes it look as though Cruz and others are acting on a personal vendetta against Hagel as opposed to ideology or principle.
The question is was Ted Cruz even on the Committee who “vetted” Kerry?
Here’s the two words that seem to be going in the right direction...”50/50”
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hagel-withdraw_700456.html
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