National security correspondent, jennifer griffin, live for us from the pentagon with all the details. Hi, jennifer. Reporter hi, gretchen. A senior u. S. Official with close knowledge of the secretarys decision to tender his resignation this morning tells us, make no mistake, secretary hagel was fired. Last month, chuck came to me to discuss the final quarter of my presidency and determine that having guided the department through this transition, it was an appropriate time for him to complete his service. Reporter senator john mccain said hagel visited him on capitol hill recently and expressed frustration with the white house, which former defense secretaries have accused of micromanaging the pentagon. A senior u. S. Official said the white house had been planning hagels exit for weeks. I believe we have set not only this department, the department of defense, but the nation on a stronger course toward security, stability and prosperity. If i didnt believe that, i would not have don
e-mails that they were seeking. straight, right? here are some of the most heated moments from today s hearing. what i didn t hear in that was an apology to this committee. i don t think an apology is owed. there is not a single e-mail that has been lost since the start of this investigation. nobody believes you. monday, our investigators asked your agency whether any other hard drives crash and we learned that six other hard drives of the people we re investigating were involved. you didn t tell us that. we told you on monday. on monday. and what did you do because we asked you. you are the internal revenue service. you can reach into the lives of hard working taxpayers and with a phone call, an e-mail, or a letter, you can turn their lives upside down. you ask taxpayers to hand us seven years of their personal tax information in case they re ever audited, and you can t keep six months worth of employee e-mails? i don t believe you. this is incredible. i
e-mails that they were seeking. straight, right? here are some of the most heated moments from today s hearing. what i didn t hear in that was an apology to this committee. i don t think an apology is owed. there is not a single e-mail that has been lost since the start of this investigation. nobody believes you. monday, our investigators asked your agency whether any other hard drives crash and we learned that six other hard drives of the people we re investigating were involved. you didn t tell us that. we told you on monday. on monday. and what did you do because we asked you. you are the internal revenue service. you can reach into the lives of hard working taxpayers and with a phone call, an e-mail, or a letter, you can turn their lives upside down. you ask taxpayers to hand us seven years of their personal tax information in case they re ever audited, and you can t keep six months worth of employee e-mails? i don t believe you. this is incredible. i
let s just say she didn t exactly put out the fire. the negative story on romney and his taxes are not going away. team romney continues to shield the governor s tax returns. is anything going to put in to rest? we re given you all you people need to know. all you people need to know? we don t owe you any answers. it s about romney s personal wealth and the country s lack of wealth. it s given all you people need to know. whatever you re debating, you re debating wealth. backtrack on bain. bain? bain. rush limbaugh now denying his dark knight rises conspiracy. the villain in the dark knight rises is named bane. the conspiracy that bane the villain is out there because of bain capital. same name as the most frightening and current batman villain. corporations are people, my friend. it s a side show. oh! my goodness! yes! with exactly 110 days left in mitt romney s campaign to win the presidency while hiding his tax returns, team romn
. and today, team romney forced ann romney to try to explain why she and her husband are hiding their tax returns. let s just say she didn t exactly put out the fire. the negative story on romney and his taxes are not going away. team romney continues to shield the governor s tax returns. is anything going to put in to rest? we re given you all you people need to know. all you people need to know? we don t owe you any answers. it s about romney s personal wealth and the country s lack of wealth. it s given all you people need to know. whatever you re debating, you re debating wealth. backtrack on bain. bain? bain. rush limbaugh now denying his dark knight rises conspiracy. the villain in the dark knight rises is named bane. the conspiracy that bane the villain is out there because of bain capital. same name as the most frightening and current batman villain. corporations are people, my friend. it s a side show. oh! my goodness! yes!