Questions regarding secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel's public statements continue to mount as the Senate's return from recess looms.
Sens. McCain (R., Az.) and Graham (R., SC) suggested last weekend that they plan to allow Hagel's nomination to come to an up-or-down vote after the Senate returns from its recess next week. Yet concerns regarding contemporaneous accounts of Hagel speeches at Rutgers University in 2007 and 2010 have not subsided.
See below for links to the Free Beacon's full coverage of the Hagel controversy as it enters its ultimate stage.
Feb. 19: House Foreign Affairs Chair: Enough Is Enough on Hagel
Feb. 19: Report: Hagel Said Israel Headed Toward Apartheid, Netanyahu a ‘Radical’
Feb. 18: Hagel Highlights
Feb. 17: Hagel Doesn’t Recall, Disavows 2007 Israel Comment
Feb. 17: Woodward: Dems Have Asked WH to Pull Hagel
Feb. 17: Barrasso: I Have ‘Grave Reservations’ About Hagel
Feb. 15: Account of 2007 Speech Prompts Letter from Senators to Hagel
Feb. 14: Graham: I Hope One Democrat Will Reconsider on Hagel
Feb. 14: Hagel Cloture Vote Fails 58-40-1
Feb. 14: Report: Hagel Said State Department Controlled by Israel