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Confirmation hearings await former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee to head the Defense Department. Hawks in both parties suggest Mr. Hagel would be soft in prosecuting the terrorism fight and question his commitment to Israel. (Associated Press)

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Chuck Hagel

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President Obama at the White House on Monday formally announced he is nominating John O. Brennan (right) to be director of the CIA and Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense. Mr. Brennan has served as Mr. Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser, while Mr. Hagel is a former U.S. senator from Nebraska. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (left), the president's choice for Defense Secretary, listen as White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, the president's choice for CIA director, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 7, 2013, where the president made the announcement. (Associated Press)

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President Obama (center) announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, that he is nominating John Brennan (right), his deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, as the new director of the CIA, and former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (left) as the new defense secretary. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican, speaks during an appearance at Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb., in 2007. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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** FILE ** Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican, speaks on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington in 2008. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)