still gets in everywhere. fire rumsfeld! this hearing is adjourned. thou shall not kill. thou shall not kill. clear the room. we can t afford this war. the american people don t want it. i don t know when we get a chance to speak. reckless behavior. the nra has blood on its hands. the nra has blood on its hands. shame on the nra. i m going to ask that the room be cleared and that the code pink associates not be permitted to come back in. we ve done this five times now and five times are enough. somebody today christened this the code pink filibuster. and you know, i know, what code pink was doing was not a real filibuster, but they did cause a very real delay, as they always do, and god bless them. john brennan of course is not the only nominee trudging around
john brennan of course is not the only nominee trudging around capitol hill right now. president obama s pick for defense secretary might actually prefer an old code pink filibuster over the surprising delay he is stuck in now. the chuck hagel nomination seemed like it was done. enough republicans had said they would support mr. hagel s nomination. enough republicans had agreed that they should not filibuster him. but he looked ready to be confirmed by the senate. but now it is not clear when that vote might happen, even though if the even though the outcome of that vote is a foregone conclusion. the senate armed services committee has now put off its vote on mr. hagel. and that s because 23 senate republicans are demanding that chuck hagel provide specific financial information about private corporations where he has served on the board. not information about the money he made but information about the corporations themselves. the senators are also demanding that chuck hagel give th
john brennan of course is not the only nominee trudging around capitol hill right now. president obama s pick for defense secretary might actually prefer an old code pink filibuster over the surprising delay he is stuck in now. the chuck hagel nomination seemed like it was done. enough republicans had said they would support mr. hagel s nomination. enough republicans had agreed that they should not filibuster him. but he looked ready to be confirmed by the senate. but now it is not clear when that vote might happen, even though if the even though the outcome of that vote is a foregone conclusion. the senate armed services committee has now put off its vote on mr. hagel. and that s because 23 senate republicans are demanding that chuck hagel provide specific financial information about private corporations where he has served on the board. not information about the money he made but information about the corporations themselves. the senators are also demanding that chuck hagel give th