As we all knew he would (well many of us knew he would be but others chose to ignore that fact and pushed to busy us and others with the unproductive works of emails, faxes and calls to stop it).........We have a spineless U.S. Congress.......actually we no longer have the balance of powers........Our government has fully been taken over by communists and islamofascists - we must stop this willful planned destruction of our country!

Twana

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PJ Media

The symbolic show of opposition to moving forward with a vote on the nomination of Chuck Hagel pre-recess wavered enough today to see the former Nebraska senator confirmed as the next secretary of Defense.

The Senate voted on cloture, or an end to debate, around noon. It was the same procedural hurdle Hagel couldn’t clear before the Senate left for Presidents Day week.

Today Hagel’s nod made it through the 60-vote-threshold cloture vote 71-27, with 18 Republicans in favor. Hours later, the Senate confirmed Hagel 58-41.

“What has their filibuster gained my Republican colleagues? Twelve days later, nothing has changed,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said earlier on the floor. “Twelve days later, Senator Hagel’s exemplary record of service to his country remains untarnished. Twelve days later, President Obama’s support for this qualified nominee is still strong. Twelve days later, the majority of Senators still support his confirmation.”

One of the surprising votes for Hagel was Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) and Richard C. Shelby (Ala.) also crossed party lines to vote yes.

Paul, who supported the block of Hagel’s nomination before Presidents Day, told reporters after today’s confirmation “there are very few things I agree with the president on, but the president gets to choose political appointees.”

One of the expected “no” votes was from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).

“I oppose the nomination of Chuck Hagel to serve as our next Secretary of Defense.  The position of Secretary of Defense is one of the most important jobs in our government.  There were other, more capable choices available and I regret President Obama did not choose one of them,” Graham said.

“I’m disappointed not one Democrat stepped forward to express concerns about Senator Hagel’s views on Israel and Iran.  I believe from his past actions, he has shown antagonism toward the State of Israel.   In these dangerous times, his nomination sends the worst possible signal to our enemies in Iran,” he continued. “I continue to have serious questions about whether Chuck Hagel is up to the job of being our Secretary of Defense.  I hope, for the sake of our own national security, he exceeds expectations.”

“There is simply no way to sugarcoat it: Senator Hagel’s performance before the Senate Armed Services Committee was remarkably inept, and we should not be installing a Defense Secretary who is obviously not qualified for the job, and who holds dangerously misguided views on some of the most important issues facing national security policy for our country,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in a floor speech opposing cloture.

Bridget Johnson is a career journalist whose news articles and opinion columns have run in dozens of news outlets across the globe. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy. Previously she was an opinion writer and editorial board member at the Rocky Mountain News and nation/world news columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News. She has contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Politico and more, and has myriad television and radio credits as a commentator. Bridget is Washington Editor for PJ Media.

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  • This guy Hagel will fit right in with the other dead beats of the Obama regime.  Can't be any worse because they are either crooks, ex-crooks like in tax dodgers, communists or traitors as in John Kerry.  If this is the best that the Democrats of Congress have for this country.............the rest of the world laughs at us while we will continue to pay the price in freedom and respect throughout the world.

  • I am filled with disgust.

  • What a CROCK !!!!!!!

  • Corker and  Alexander  of Tennesse  both voted  for Hagel's conformations......People in Tennessee don't  forget ask  Lincoln Davis.....this ticks me off  big time

  • We have lost this country. We lost it when obama won in 08. What has happened to repubs SPINES?? Obama also gets to appoint 2 supreme court judges and guess whats going to (more than likely) be heard by the court....if the 2nd amend covers CC or not! Just heard about that yesterday on fox news. God help us
  • Amen Mary!  enough  to make  one want to give up :(  But  we can't.....We  just have  tp press onward................

  • WHAT A LOAD

  • Rand Paul and the rest of the rinos who voted for this terrorist will never get another dime of my money, I will donate to whoever conservative that is running against them!!!!! Damn but I am pissed off!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Well this is a very bad sign for the Military and the Senate Voted for his ass. This is precisely WHY all of Government needs a TOTAL HOUSE CLEANING, from Local all the way to the White House.

  • Denise, we are NOT going to make it 2014 or 2016, we will most assuredly be in a Civil War by then and this government wants to be "AT WAR" internally, so they can kill off the people,  the conservatives, that don't agree with the "Liberal Status Quo" and the changes they want. I really don't like the direction we are going, but I really hope, they pass more gun control and try to come take my guns, they will have their hands full and there will be body bags needing to be filled and hopefully, I will not be in one of them or least till I have taken as many shots before I have to re-load. They want WAR, I say let's give it to them all the way to WASHINGTON.....

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