(Reuters) - republican Congressman severely hit chuck hagel · on Thursday to his nomination is a controversial hearing as a U.S. defense secretary, questioned his judgment war strategy, and put him on the defensive roughly the same.
An influential senator John McCain in one of the most heated exchanges, positive question hagrid's interrupted, he said, in his times. He openly disappointed hagel's failure, after all, whether he is right or wrong, against U.S. forces in Iraq in 2007 the surge.
"You refused to answer whether it is right or wrong, it will affect my judge whether for your confirmation or don't vote," McCain said.
Hagrid's, McCain is decorated Vietnam war veteran, refuses to provide a simple "yes" or "no" answer, response: "I will put off to historical judgment sort out."
Because the United States President barack Obama's choice, in his second term, leading the pentagon hagrid's may also win the approval of the senate, and most Democrats help, but he put in his hours of hearing, appeared a little warmer fresh republican support.
Hagel's republican colleagues put out a series of his past controversial statement, Iran, Israel and the United States nuclear strategy, he wants to the safety of all the mainstream thoughts. Even in Washington polarization, is highly unusual cabinet nominee barbecue.
South Carolina senator graham laid to hagrid's responsibility refers to a "jewish lobby group" in Washington threats, comments hagel have repeatedly said he was sorry. When asked whether he can say a Congressman be intimidated, hagel said, he can't. This is a appeared many times, he is not comfortable.
"I can't think of a more aggressive things, said the United States and Israel and the senate or the relationship between the congress than you said," said graham.
Seek help victim of an injustice
If he finally confirmed, hagel will take over the pentagon in a period of slash defense spending, but the United States still faces significant challenges, including China, Iran and north Korea.
Hagel, public speaking to his nomination attack since the start of the first, sometimes is careful and stop. He tried to help victim of an injustice, ensure team said he support the policy of the United States to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, and support a strong Israel.
"No one ticket, no one offer, there's not a single statement defines me, my faith, I record," hagel said, in the prologue packaging listening room.
"My whole world view has never changed, the United States must maintain a strong military in the world."
In an unusual partisanship, democratic, more than his republican colleagues reversal, gave hagrid's sympathy and support your opinion.
The committee's Democratic Party chairman Carl levin said, his attention, especially in hagrid's comments unilaterally impose sanctions on Iran's past, has been solved. "Senator hagel to my trust, he support barack Obama's administration to Iran's hawkish stance, it is significant," said levin.
Although many republicans harsh tone, the party approached some senator hagel panel discussion.
Georgia, senator than money the cloth, called hagrid's his name and his testimony and he exchanged joke. He also provide hagel in the senate. Missouri Roy blunt the country's industrial base of the power of the kind of communication.
But hagrid's years ago angered many republicans's handling of the war in Iraq, break and his party.
This is the modern American history, during the meeting, emerging from the Vietnam war, hagrid's as infantry and were injured, the United States President Ronald Reagan's calls for nuclear disarmament several controversial section of.
Hagel also some people questioned his point of view, the pentagon's budget. He was called a proposing a more strict control spending.
Wrong person
Even in hagel said, James imhoff, panel of senior republican, says he is "the wrong person lead the pentagon in this dangerous and the corresponding time."
"Senator hagel record is disquieting mainstream. Often it seems that he would like to subscribe is the premise of comfort our enemy forces, and at the same time avoid our friends around the world think," imhoff said, open hearings.
Mr McCain's strict attitude hagrid's - who he also notes that, against Obama's surge Afghan forces - their past, warm relations far away from each other. McCain's campaign hagrid in 1996, hagrid's is national Arizona republican failure of the 2000 presidential campaign, chairman of the joint.
On Thursday, McCain said, run the deeply worry hagel's qualification.
"Our concern and your professional judgment, security key areas, including in the Middle East and the quality of your view of the world," he said.
In the senate will vote committee hagrid's, if he is clear, only a 45 republicans - the Mississippi saad el din wahba cochran - has said that he's support hagrid.
Florida on Thursday senator Marco rubio, who join in the list of republicans said they would vote against hagrid's.
In a wide range of problems, congress before hearing submit written reply, hagel said, if confirmed, he will make sure that the army to attack Iran, if necessary, but stressed that must be "cautious and some", consider the use of force.
Hagel told congress, all options must be on the table, in order to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons - language suggests that the possibility of a nuclear attack.
"My principle is prevention, rather than a containment," he said.
Hagel also voiced support for the Afghan stable American withdrawal, commitment, to ensure the equal treatment of women and gays in the military, to the committee that the United States will maintain "unshakable" commitment to Israel's security.



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