Defense

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid makes his way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington after the failed Hagel vote.

Hagel nomination held

Politics | Senate Democrats forced a vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to become defense secretary and came up two votes short on Thursday. Hagel needed 60 votes to ensure his spot at the Department of Defense. Democrats hold a…

Chuck Hagel

Hagel clears first hurdle

Congress |  Chuck Hagel passed the first major test on his way to becoming the nation’s next defense secretary when the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on Tuesday…

President Barack Obama

Drone double standard

Defense |  An unsigned and undated Justice Department white paper, obtained by NBC News, reports The New York Times , "… is the most detailed analysis yet to come into…

President Barack Obama shakes hands with former Sen. Chuck Hagel.

Hagel and defense

Defense |  Biography isn't policy. President Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can…

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