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Hagel’s DoD Budget Views Not Seen Spurring Hill Battle

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

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Chuck Hagel’s views on defense spending should not be a major issue during Senate deliberations on whether to confirm him as the next defense secretary, key senators said yesterday. Since word spread that President Barack Obama would nominate the former Republican senator from Nebraska to lead the Department of Defense, observers have repeatedly pointed to a September 2011 interview in which Hagel said the Pentagon “in many ways has been bloated” and “needs to be pared down.” A Financial Times reporter had…

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Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns

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