WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator is threatening to block the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon unless Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies about the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview with Fox News’ “On the Record” Monday night that he would “absolutely” block the nomination until Panetta explains why the military wasn’t called in during the raid.
U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died in the attack last September. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified for more than five hours last Wednesday before the House and Senate on the attack in Benghazi.
Graham has been critical of President Barack Obama’s choice of former Republican Sen. Hagel.
Why was Hillary not pressed on this issue? Stop playing nice with these crooked demorats.
And why wasn’t the overseas ballots counted and why do so many go missing every election yr? Your letting our troops be disenfranchised!!!!! Obama stole this election.. And stop making abortion an election issue. If your going to talk woman’s rights then stop with trying to make a woman have a baby concieved from rape or incest. Grow some balls
Some people are sooo Dumb. I DO Agree that NO Woman should be forced to have a child as a result of INCEST. As to rape. There is a periold that a woman can report the rape and get a D&C so that is a Red Herring.
I do NOT Know and Neither does anyone else, that the Military Ballots that were NOT counted would have made the difference in the election BUT if thered is ANYONE whose vote should be counted it IS OUR Military Personnel.
Ms. Clinton is again trying deflect the responsibility from herself and the Current Administration by Blaming the BUSH Administration for Bengazi. What a Joke. OBUMMER Has been President for the past four Years and it is HIS Baby now so STOP Blaming Bush.
It is absolutely ridiculious that this administrations failure in Bengazi is being swept under the rug by the DUMMYCRATS. Ms. Clinton, OBUMMER and Others are absolutely incompetent in reference to Bengazi. The People in Benghazi asked for help and they were ignored. It is unfortunate that Ms Clinton wasn’t there at the time so she could see what happened FIRST HAND. You can Bet EVERYTHING that you have that if OBUMMER or Ms. Clinton had been there we would have seen a BIG Difference in the response to the Ambassador. The OBUMMER Administration and Ms. Clinton are NEGLIGENT and should be help accountable for those deaths.
Thank you – Senator Graham for standing up for not voting for Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. Hagel is not worthy of this position and frankly as an American I am worried what he will or will not do in regards to Iran and also Israel. He is not the man for this position. I know that he will let Obama tell him what to do. We appreciate all that to do in the Senate and it is time that we stand against what is wrong in Washington. We need to cut the spending (in a lot of ways). The Senate needs to get serious about our debt problem and work toward at least trying to address it. Please, please continue to work for Americans. Don’t give Harry Reid and President Obama what they want.
Thank you.
A good man standing up for all Americans. We must know the truth.