Just announced on MSNBC, Hagel confirmed...
Source: MSNBC
The vote was 58-41.
On edit: Only news source with a story, so far.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/26/hagel-clears-test-vote-in-senate-on-second-try/
Shakespeare put it best about the opposition: "Sound and fury, signifying nothing."
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)on one of the sites, be sure to give us a link.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)which makes it apparent they're just grandstanding for morons.
We deserve better. I wish red state voters would wake the hell up.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)...because not only did Obama win the vote, but the teabaggers--after making such a stink--got kicked in the ribs.
Archae
(46,337 posts)They did it to themselves.
Thank you, Cruz!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)gauguin57
(8,138 posts)"The U.S. Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as defense secretary after a bruising political fight.
The former Nebraska senator, a Republican, will succeed Leon Panetta at the Pentagon."
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)You didn't deserve that nastiness. I'm STILL waiting for Bob Corker to show us those angry Senate staffers who were "lining up" to testify against him. Guess Corker made that up, just like all the other smears.
Inuca
(8,945 posts)I thought he was better than that, one of the very few serious R senators.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)in the 2008 primaries... which was true, LOL--but it seems to be a preferred passive-aggressive tactic of his against the people he's told to oppose (I think all GOP Senators are puppets of their big donors).
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Final confirmation vote article: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HAGEL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-02-26-17-09-36
And for those that are curious the 'cloture vote'
that vote was 71-21-2
Roll call list for cloture vote here: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00023
Roll call for the final vote is not up yet.
Cha
(297,323 posts)I want to know which republicons voted with the Dems but don't see anyone reporting it, yet.
sweetloukillbot
(11,030 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)home state guy..and Murkowski.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)Rand Paul did something sensible? I'm confused.
Cha
(297,323 posts)Inuca
(8,945 posts)(what a surprise!) he voted AGAINST cloture and then was a yes on confirmation http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00023
Cha
(297,323 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 26, 2013, 07:09 PM - Edit history (1)
Cloture vote here: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00023
Final vote roll call here: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00024
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Archae
(46,337 posts)McCain is getting really good at stabbing his "friends" in the back.
rdharma
(6,057 posts)politicasista
(14,128 posts)rdharma
(6,057 posts)politicasista
(14,128 posts)Lobo27
(753 posts)People like Cruz make me sick, who in the blue hell does he think he is. I'm from Texas, but to me this guy is nothing special. He makes Texas look bad, and makes latinos look like complete idiots...
mpcamb
(2,871 posts)These are our representatives, wasting everyone's money, time and energy, to arrive at exactly where it was going anyway.
We're surrounded by pressing, time-sensitive issues that'll directly cost us scads of money and they chose instead to piss away weeks on this.
People need to absorb this and the loss it represents on other fronts so they can react to it.
They need to BLAME and then translate it into votes.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Dear Nancy -
Moments ago, by a vote of 58 to 41, the U.S. Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as our country's next Secretary of Defense.
Few understand the sacrifices made by our troops and military families better than Secretary Hagel.
He'll be the first enlisted man to serve in the position, was awarded two Purple Hearts (his brother earned three), and made a career of advocating for veterans in the U.S. Senate.
That's why VoteVets drove tens of thousands of petitions, letters and calls into the Senate during the confirmation process.
Share your thoughts, priorities and well-wishes for Secretary Hagel, and we'll deliver them to the Defense Department next week.
http://action.votevets.org/hagel
You should be proud of our collective effort in this fight -- the voice of veterans and military families made a real difference in overcoming the first ever filibuster of a Secretary of Defense nominee.
And while a number of Republicans put patriotism over party today, it was sad to see once proud moderates like Lindsey Graham cower in fear of a potential primary campaign.
But overcoming the right-wing smears ensures Chuck Hagel emerges from this process stronger than he entered -- fully vetted, battle-tested and ready to lead on day one.
I hope you'll share your thoughts and priorities for Secretary Hagel at the link below -- it's an opportunity to have your voice heard by the incoming leadership at the Department of Defense.
http://action.votevets.org/hagel
We'll be in touch,
Jon Soltz
@jonsoltz
Iraq War Veteran
Chairman, VoteVets
I am very glad to see that VoteVets was all in for Hagel
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)President Obama can't stoop to the level of these rightwingnuts, because he has to maintain the decorum and the aura of the office of the Presidency. But the Sec Def can be as bad-ass as he wants to be and I certainly hope he seeks his revenge. If I were Hagel, I would not take a scalpel to the Defense budget but a hatchet and I would start in the Red States. I would certainly like to see any base closures jobcuts originate and end in those states where those senators all took their symbolic vote against him. To do otherwise, does not make him the bigger man, it would make him a fool. After all, these people were out to destroy him, for sport, not in the name of truth, or otherwise. They had a vendetta against this President, and a score to settle for Hagel's criticism of the Bush Administration but in the final analysis, they are just plain evil. I hope Hagel becomes the Godfather of the Defense Dept and those senators who screwed over him will soon have to kiss his ring.
Inuca
(8,945 posts)he does have the long memory, but is too smart to be vengeful.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)I would be most obliged.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)It's all over Twitter.
He's a Republican, for pete's sake. Is it just because he was appointed by Obama?
As far as I'm concerned he's a run-of-the-mill Republican and I'm sure he's an asshole, but not for the reasons the Tea Baggers think.
Macoy51
(239 posts)I also did not see the fuss about the nomination. The President won the election, barring ethical or criminal issues, he gets to pick his cabinet.
Macoy
Inuca
(8,945 posts)and he has stepped on many republican toes in recent years, his last few years in the Senate and since.
union_maid
(3,502 posts)Once he became a vocal critic that was it for him with the Republicans. They used to march in lockstep, remember. And of course, the Tea Partiers just need to know that Obama picked him.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)take the knife to a lot of expensive exotic weapons that the Pentagon doesn't really want but are a jobs/subsidy to big armament companies.
Among the things he has said that have an ominous ring (for those living off the Defense dept largesse) is that the Defense Department is not a jobs creator.
He will have an eye on how the defense budget impacts regular enlisted guys.
I think that the Pentagon is going to love him because they have tired from getting expensive toys and then not being able to get the stuff they actually think they need.
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Of course, she's off on a rant, even reduced to quoting the insane Concerned Women for America in support of her position.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/02/26/hagel-confirmed-58-41/
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)So delicious! I've wondered if Hagel had to get a restraining order against her yet. It's like he strangled her puppy or something.
BeyondGeography
(39,375 posts)Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)I can't think of anyone better qualified for the job than Hagel.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)You can't think of one Democrat who could be a better SOD? What's done is done and I'm just as happy as any Democrat that the pubs looks like jackasses here but the job should have gone to a Democrat.
Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)Otherwise, why go through all the drama and cost of nominating someone suboptimal? I think the administration has made a wise choice.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)in that job and that's what he got.
Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)appointed. Precisely why I was against appointing any repubs to the cabinet. If they're going to bitch, we may as well have one of our own in such a sensitive position. You'll never get me to believe this person was the BEST person he could have gotten. There are dozens who could have fit the bill.
Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)John Tester, Joe Sestak, Pat Murphy, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Bob Kerrey, Chris Dodd, Tom Harkin. Are those enough, because there are plenty more.
Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)...of Democrats, Republicans, or the American people. The decsion making process that selected Hagel was really, really botched.
Now we're stuck with the mistake.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)There are dozens who COULD do the job and hagel is among them. My objection was simply giving the job to a republican when it easily could have gone to a democrat.
Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)cranberry
(8 posts)I'm sure the klan and the nazi party are solid republican voters. And if there is anything they hate more than people who are not white it is the Hebrew. So here you have graham and mccain lashing Hagel because they don't think he loves Israel enough. I wonder if they decided to back off worried that they might lose some of their strongest supporters.