Michael this is the war room. Im michael shure. Coming up tonight congratulations chuck hagel, youre going to be this countrys new secretary of defense. You want to start on syria iran iran, north korea in the sequester tonight or get shut eye and start fresh in the morning . [ theme music ] so lets start off by running down the things weve been watching for tonight. We have one eye on the senate where president obama was able to restock his cap innocent. The Senate Republicans had one final chance to stand in the way of chuck hagel taking over as defense secretary. Are there any senators wishing to vote or change their votes . If not the ayes, 58. Nays 41. The nomination is confirmed. Michael four republicans crossed party lines to join Senate Democrats in confirming hagel. According to the new york times, the 5841 margin is the smallest for a defense secretary since the position was created in 1947. Four days ago hagels nomination seemed indoubt with the filibuster from negative. Har
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