Photo of the Day: May 7, 2013
With Syria on everyone’s mind, Secretary of State John Kerry made the trip across the river yesterday to visit with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Among the items exchanged was the picture above, which we featured back in March as a Photo of the Day.
Photo of the Day: May 3, 2013
Photo of the Day: April 24, 2013
Photo of the Day: April 22, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is in Israel, working out deals for the V-22 and helping to firm up plans for future military aid. Stay tuned to DefenseNews.com, where we’ll have updates as news breaks.
Photo of the Day: April 4, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave what the Pentagon termed his first major policy speech April 3, a speech that called for major restructuring of commands in the name of cost savings. Check out the full text of the speech after the break…
Photo of the Day: March 15, 2013
Photo of the Day: March 11, 2013 (Hagel in Afghanistan)
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel finished up a brief surprise trip to Afghanistan on Monday. Check out more images from his visit after the break…
Reporter’s Notebook: Mopping Up the Messy Chuck Hagel Vote
The scene for about five hours Thursday afternoon on the Senate side of the Capitol was nothing shy of controlled chaos. Senators, staffers and journalists darted about from gaggle to gaggle, meeting to meeting like frenzied bees around a nest. Check DefenseNews.com for our coverage from a memorable Thursday — there’s more to come in…
Will Dems’ Plan to Thwart the Not-a-Filibuster on Chuck Hagel Hold?
Don’t call it a filibuster. Or, wait, maybe it actually is. Whatever one calls Senate GOP tactics, Senate Democratic leaders are again searching for five Republicans to vote with 55 Democrats Friday morning to end the not-a-filibuster-turned-filibuster and move to a final (simple majority) vote on Hagel’s nomination to become U.S. defense secretary.