President Barack Obama on Thursday will nominate a longtime fundraiser to run the Commerce Department and a top economic …
Cabinet
Obama to Tap Charlotte Mayor to Run Transportation
Foxx will be the first black nominee among Obama’s picks for open spots in his second-term Cabinet.
Stat! Bloodied Defense Secretary Incoming!
The U.S. Senate effectively confirmed former senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary Tuesday by voting 71-27 on his nomination to serve as the nation’s 24th defense secretary.
Chuck Hagel’s Third Purple Heart
Chuck Hagel, who earned a pair of Purple Hearts as a grunt in Vietnam, all but earned a third during his confirmation hearing to become Defense Secretary.
Inhofe Asks Hagel Why Iran Endorses His Nomination
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) asks Chuck Hagel when he stopped beating his wife during the SecDef confirmation hearing.
Hagel’s Confirmation, and the Return of Sam Nunn
John McCain to Chuck Hagel: I Told You So
During his confirmation hearing to become the next Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel locks horns with old friend Sen. John McCain over the 2006 Iraq troop surge. (Transcript included.)
McCain v Hagel
John McCain’s first round interrogation of Chuck Hagel was more about personal pique and histrionics than it was about elucidating Hagel’s views. It was a foolish and demeaning exercise.
Can Chuck Hagel Overcome?
To become the next Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel must overcome at his confirmation hearing today the charges that he’s a corrupt, anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-Israel, Iranian-loving, Castro-cuddling chicken-hawk.
Kerry: An Outsider Finally Gets In
From stone-throwing protester to law-making senator; from an awkward loner to the darling of his colleagues; and now from critic to champion of Obama foreign policy, Kerry has always moved outside-in.
