Good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. Before i begin, i want to first will come senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. Senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leadership on a host of issues, his support for the work of this committee, and for always keeping our hearings likely. Senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the National Defense over his 20 years on this committee. And i know that we are going to work well together and continue the bipartisan tradition of the committee. We are also pleased to welcome the eight senators who are joining the committee this year, both of those who are new to the senate and those who are new to our committee. Senators donnelly, hirano, kaine, and king on the democratic side, and senators blunt, cru
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Good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. Before i begin, i want to first welcome senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. Senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leadership on a host of issues, his support for the work of this committee, and for always keeping our hearings likely. Lively. Senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the National Defense over his 20 years on this committee. And i know that we are going to work well together and continue the bipartisan tradition of the committee. We are also pleased to welcome the eight senators who are joining the committee this year, both of those who are new to the senate and those who are new to our committee. Senators donnelly, hirono, kaine, and king on the democratic side, and senators blun
Carl levin chairs the Armed Services committee and makes the Opening Statement. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. Before i begin, i want to first welcome senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. Senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leadership on a host of issues, his support for the work of this committee, and for always keeping our hearings likely. Lively. Senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the National Defense over his 20 years on this committee. And i know that we are going to work well together and continue the bipartisan tradition of the committee. We are also pleased to welcome the eight senators who are join
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