i have known chuck hegel well. he is a friend of mine.ted crews just got into trouble. >> not with that. there are a lot of things to disagree with. i can tell you, deputy of the reagan ministration, which i was a big supporter of, he fought hard or vietnam vets. my sense, independent voice, strong. he will have to defend itself. i think he wins it, but i think he will get knocked around quite a bit, and i personally believe presidents should be able to appoint to they want. lou: and that is a time-honored tradition. is it another ploy chosen battle on the part of the republican party to go after these nominees? after all, they will be doing the bidden -- bidding. the buck stops there. or at least it should. >> there has been a lot of smoke . they should that him. in the and if there is no disqualifying moment : just because they don't agree with them i think that is creating a litmus test. lou: it looks on -- off the on board. oregon republican and their own party. they're going to meet the dickens out of him. sitting right there in the

senator hegel's had a close relationship with president obama. i happen to know that the quality of conversation, the nature of the conversation is very direct, often not in agreement. the president is not bringing on board a yes, ma'am. this is about deploying power around the world, managing strategic assets around the world, managing a ship where the president has said very clearly, we have overweighted our resources in the middle east. we have underweighted our presence in asia, dealing and looking at china. that is moving a giant ship of spending, resources. american men and women being moved different places. as we bring down that budget, smart choices need to happen. we have got hopefully the same degree of security deliverable, that is not just a function of money. he had two purple hearts. i think that is very important. this is a man who understands the nature and structure of military organizations. doppler that is what i think is the issue. host: he talked about that in a 2005 interview. here is the president as he formally nominated

who had been very, very close to chuck hegel in the senate as fellow republican. i think that they have a distance to go. not only with republicans by the way, but with democrats who really are feeling the heat from the pro israel hob lobby who would not support chuck hegel. not only is joe biden comfortable, but the president himself knows chuck hegel well and serves on the intelligence advisory board and it's clear they established a relationship. >> word that the headline out of what we were just talking about is members of congress are being informally notified. >> they have been told. >> get ready for the hegel nomination. as i pointed out in the last hour, i got an e-mail that poet us has not offered the job to anyone. he is thoroughly vetted. >> members of congress have to prepare. >> good work, gloria. thank you. >> other news we are following, a big breakthrough for a pakistani girl who spoke out and gained the hatred of the taliban and gunmen shot her in the head. she has been a symbol of courage and she left a british hospital. here's our senior corresp

shut hegel served on the foreign relations committee when he was a senator.huck hegel sir run the foreign relations committee when he was a senator. they said they had formal studies to do on his record. there seems to be a lot of people from both parties, but primarily republicans, who are expressing skepticism. what remains to be seen is whether or not they will allow the nomination to go through, even if they oppose it. this would require the democrats to come up with 60 votes. host: the piece from "the new york times" this morning is that hegel will meet with chuck schumer. the headline says that it could be a crucial moment to advance the nomination. he is expected to press him on issues. schumer will be the first to meet with hegel since the nomination last week. who else is the heat set to meet with this week? -- who else is he set to meet with this week? caller: he has already started to make the rounds on the telephones. there has been some reporting out there on where he is going. he will have to meet in the days and weeks ahead in person and not ov

it has been a mixed bag for hegel with a lot of the gay groups.here was an ambassador guest, another clinton ambassador in the late 1990's, rodent, but today in "politico" another openly gay ambassador, said he worked with check a goal and did not take great issue with him. these are progressive concerns with hagel's records that should be addressed in the confirmation hearing. there's the issue of a quality, which does bear on personnel issues in the military because now there is open service there and also lgbt family rise for service members. also, other issues like hagel's opposition to abortion. he previously opposed a bill that ended up passing that allows women service members to obtain abortions on base hospitals, even paying out of their own pocket. hagel oppose that. he should be vigorously question on those matters. another would be climate change. he sort of doubled and climate change skepticism, a mixed record where he is gone back and forth. -- he has dabbled with climate change skepticism, a mixed record where he has gone back and f

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the former republican senator charles hegel is expected to be nominated by president obama as the next defense secretary. he has proven to be a controversial choice. >> he was a member of the u.s. senate before retiring in 2009. he spent the last three years advising president obama on key issues. on the iraq war he said there is no strategy. on the issue of iran's nuclear ambitions, how is it that we can have nuclear-weapons -- they cannot have nuclear-weapons but our allies can. he called for talks, and that raised a red flag, worried about how he could be in charge of a one-on-one military relationship between the u.s. and israel. president obama arrived back from hawaii, ready to get back to business. he is looking for a bipartisan pay. he is also looking for a fight. republicans would have none of susan rice because of the way she handled the been gauzy situation. -- been gauzy -- benghazi situation. if you wish to vote against him, hats off to you. mitch mcconnell has been appearing on sunday broadcasts. agel comesen chuck hege up, he will be given tough but fair questioning. >>

what is out of the mainstream by those who are suggesting otherwise. >> first off, on hegel, hegel has suggested that the military option against is not an option. i just want to be clear. >> i believe he said, as the president said, that he takes no option of the table and every option remains on the table. as the president's position, and it is the position that center a supports. >> on the jobs council, white and four times? this was such an important tool for the administration to get input from the business community. >> the jobs council provided a series of ideas, many of which the president acted on. it did not require a formal meeting for those ideas to regenerate or work on whether the jobs council or the administration and, again, this president's the engagement with the business community, i think, has been aptly demonstrated in recent months, and will continue. and the commitment as a matter of policy to job creation and economic growth is just, i think, fairly by outside economists very favorably compared to alternatives before by republicans in congress is policies nobody

things got heated as chuck hegel face his former colleagues. greta got very heated at times. the hearing just wrapped up. he is a republican senator nominated by a democratic president to serve as a defense. today he said he wanted to be judged on his record in the senate. not just his most controversial comments. >> no one individual vote. not one statement it defines me. >> he was charged with not being tough enough and he said -- they said he went too far when he said israel intimidated -- is intimidating. >> i should have used influence. >> some of the toughest questioning came from federal -- from fellow veteran john mccain. >> i expect a direct answer. >> i am not going to give you a yes or no. i will defer that to history. >> history has already made a judgment around the surge. your refusal to answer whether you were right or wrong will have an impact on my judgment as to whether to vote for your confirmation or not. >> i be the first enlisted man to serve as defense secretary. the committee has to schedule its vote and the full senate will take up the nomination. >>

conservativ conservative conservatives despise hegel, but they despise him because of the iraq war. they fear hegel because he's a warrior, a vietnam vet with two purple hearts who knows how war should be fought and should not be fought and how war should be the last resort. >> in my 12 years in the senate, my one guiding principle on every security decision i've made and every vote i cast was always this, simply this. is our policy worthy of our troops and their families and the sacrifices that we asked them to make. >>> i saw it from the bottom. i saw what happens. i saw the consequences and the suffering and the horror of war. >> hagel seen the suffering, the horror of war up close. president obama wants him to help lead our country out of war and into peace. and, today, conservatives attacked him for it. >> senator hagel's record is deeply troubling and out of the mainstream. >> you continue to hold, i believe, extreme views far to the left of even this administration. >> my single biggest concern, senator, about the nomination, is the dramatic flip-flops. >> our concerns pertai

. >> i am getting a lot of unsolicited mail discussing chuck hegel's relationship with israel. i see no evidence of it, but there is a public strain their being discussed. that has to be dealt with. >> i know this is a political show, but i'm not leaving this chair without a word about rg3. >> we've got to win. that's all that matters. when it is on the line, the redskins will step up. >> revenue griffin iii, there are "quarterback, leading the redskins to clinch the nfc title. a scholar and an athlete on the dean's list at baylor. >> i'm impressed. 97% of notre dame players graduate with a degree, the highest in the nation, higher than stanford or do, and their number one in the polls. rg3, both of his parents are enlisted army career. he is not only will spoken but he has been an exemplar for this community and he is terrific on appeal. >> we could use something like him in government. charles. >> of iran for president right now, he would do rather well. there is no opening for three and a half years. >> i wish the redskins had a few more defenders. every time they have a wea

when we look to the next term and the nomination of chuck hegel as secretary of defense, and you think about the continuation of his policies? >> the nomination for cia and senator kerry for secretary of state, these are very talented managers, but i think the essence of the obama administration across foreign policy process is a centrally run process out of the white house by the national security advisor, by the president, the vice president. i think you will see more of that, so we will see more of the same, with a few exceptions. >> is stepping back approach, and you think that is going to be showing in mali and syria? we are likely -- unlikely to see the u.s. taking the lead in those conflicts? >> i am worried. we had china and japan increasingly competitive with potential conflicts with territorial disputes in the south china sea. we had india and pakistan. we had new instability in northern africa. we have syria. we have a number of crises potentially multiplying, but i do not see a different or strong or old set of initiatives from the u.s. i hope so. ink tv. >> hello, the top

republican senator lindsay gramm expressing concern about hegel's past positions. the decorated war hero but a party line by opposing its research and i rock. they will have to overcome local opposition from pro-israel league groups who object to is that if i run and hamas. he also face opposition from gay-rights groups from a comment he made in 1998 for a disparaging then president bill clinton's nominee for u.s. ambassador to luxembourg was openly gay. present obama will be nominating john brennan for the director of the cia to replace david petraeus to resign are with the scandal regarding his affair. britons are than the cia for 25 years where he currently serves as the president's top counter-terrorism adviser. president obama consider britain for the top c.i.a. job and 2008 the british withdrew his name amid questions about his connection to enhance interrogation techniques in the cia during the bush administration. the official announcement is expected this afternoon. >> a man is on the run this morning after police say he intentionally set a woman on fire a

shut hegel served on the foreign relations committee when he was a senator.f -- chalk heghuck hegel sir re foreign relations committee when he was a senator. they said they had formal studies to do on his record. there seems to be a lot of people from both parties, but primarily republicans, who are expressing skepticism. what remains to be seen is whether or not they will allow the nomination to go through, even if they oppose it. this would require the democrats to come up with 60 votes. host: the piece from "the new york times" this morning is that hegel will meet with chuck schumer. the headline says that it could be a crucial moment to advance the nomination. he is expected to press him on issues. schumer will be the first to meet with hegel since the nomination last week. who else is the heat set to meet with this week? -- who else is he set to meet with this week? caller: he has already started to make the rounds on the telephones. there has been some reporting out there on where he is going. he will have to meet in the days and weeks ahead in person a

. >> to follow-up on that, there has been a lot of criticism about hegel's nomination -- hagel's nomination. do you think they should go ahead and back his nomination in the senate? >> the senate's role is to advise and consent. it is not to complain and filibuster. every one of the president's nominees should go through thorough vetting in a hearing and have an up or down vote. unless there is something that disqualifies him or her, we could -- should give the president's nomination an up or down vote. if that person cannot get at least 51 senators to vote for him or her, then that person should not serve in the cabinet . but that person should not be held hostage simply to try to get what you could not get through the ballot box it is time for us to move forward. this economy could be flying if we were not constantly seeing congress get in the way, keep its foot on the brakes of economic recovery. giving its foot on the brakes of nominations -- keeping its foot on the brakes of nominations of talented people. president obama made a commitment to liver from the middle-class out. we have go

let me know: senator hegel and senator north -- let me now call on senator hegel. senator hagel. >> thank you, chairman leaven and distinguished members of the committee. i am honored to come before you today as the president's nominee to be secretary of defense. first, as you suggested, mr. chairman, let me introduce my family. my wife lilly beth. our daughter and our son and not here today. our son claims he is taking a test. and we will confirm that later. but both our son and daughter, we are very proud of. like any proud father and any proud mother, you all know how i feel about that as you have the same feelings about your children the same way we feel about hours. i also want to introduce my brother tom who served with me in vietnam. my brother might -- i'd rather mi -- my brother mike, who is our no. 3. he has in the pentagon 10 paintings as the chairman of the air force artist's guild over the years. they are hanging in different locations in the pentagon. so we have some rather some claim. mike's son is sitting behind him, josh. we have here also cousins,

senator lindsay gramm expressed concern sunday about hegel's past positions.e vocal opposition from pro-israeli groups who object to his stance on i arrive and hamas. he has also faced opposition from gay-rights groups for a comment he made in 1998 for disparaging been president bill clinton's nominee for u.s. ambassador to luxembourg who was openly gay. president obama also has a new appointment for the director of the cia, john brennan. he served in the cia for 25 years and currently serves as presidents top counter- terrorism adviser. he was glad to be nominated and 2008 but braden withdrew his name and questions about his connections to enhance the interrogation techniques and the cia during the bush administration. >> assemblywoman nancy skinner is scheduled to reintroduce legislation aimed at a tougher gun control and california. she is expected to propose a law that will regulate and tighten ammunition sales and the state and ban high- capacity magazines. oakland mayor jean kwon is expected to attend the news conference announcing the legislation. skitt

record is very very troubling on the nation of israel now in terms of this quote anti israel stance hegel is accused of having here he is speaking on this very issue back in two thousand and six the united states will remain committed to defending israel our relationship with israel is a special and historic. but it need not and cannot be at the expense of our arab and muslim relationships. as i was actually you saying the united states has many relationships and while the one with israel is special and important we need to remember that other ones are important too now do people really disagree with this it is of course important that anyone pick to head the department of defense be questioned vigorously about past statements and positions but when the most controversial aspect of a person one that could potentially threaten his nomination has to do with wanting to put serving the united states above serving israel i think it's worth asking what precisely our relationship with israel is what are the goals and for how much longer will voicing concerns about the relationship mean an automa

. -- we expect senator hegel to walk in there any minute. we are going to go to the room and stay here just in case it takes a while for him to come up. in the meantime, let's listen in if we can. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> good morning, everybody. the committee meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. before i begin, i want to first will come senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leadership on a host of issues, his support for the work of this committee, and for always keeping our hearings likely. senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the national defense over his 20 years on this committee. and i know that we are going to work well together and continue the bipartisan tradition of the committee. we ar

president obama had a news conference to put forth chuck hegel as well as the john brennan. to head the cia. also, there are the headlines in the newspapers of syria, iran, peace in the middle east, etc so we want to get your take -- what to you think of foreign policy issues in 2013? here is some comments on our facebook page -- what is your take on this? we will get to your comments in a minute. the front page of "the washington post "- here is the front page of the huffington post this morning -- these are all the headlines in the huffington post this morning. about the nomination of chuck hagel for that position. the financial times this morning -- >> we go to missouri, a democratic caller -- caller: i am loving it. i am glad that obama picked chuck hagel. it is about time we got a real american hero that does not have to be vetted by cowards like lindsay gramm and the apac crowd. why doesn't he moved to israel and joined the knesset because many of us don't feel like he feels about israel and their politicians should not have to be vetted by a coward like lieberman or l

republican senator lizzy gramm expressing concerns about hegel's past positions. he is a decorated wared the party line by opposing this troops surge in the rock. you also have over, a vocal opposition from pro-israeli groups who object to his stance on a high rent and hamas. is also face of opposition from the rafters for a comment he made in 1998 for disparaging been president bill clinton's nominee for u.s. ambassador to luxembourg was openly gay. president obama will be nominating john brennan for director of the cia to replace the david petraeus and resigned are the scandal regarding his affair. brennan reserve and the cia for 25 years and currently serves as the president's top counter-terrorism adviser. present all, consider britain for the top c.i.a. job in 2008 but britton withdrew his name and questions about his connection to a and i enhance interrogation techniques that it in the cia during the bush administration. >> a man is on the run this morning after police say he intentionally set a woman on fire and the baby district of sampras's go. police a 2

. >> it is a less controversial move then chuck hegel, but he does face tough critics. sally has more from washington. >> the president says that jack lew has built a reputation as a master of policy and that someone who can work with members of both parties. the president made the announcement this afternoon. lew served as the chief of staff and in the office of the management and budget. in the clinton administration, he also served in the office of management and budget. >> i trust his judgment. i know few people with greater integrity. >> if confirmed, i will work with the people in the treasury who have legendary skill and knowledge. >> lew would take the helm of a tough time as the nation faces battles over the debt limit and cutting spending. and the nomination is drawing criticism from senate republicans who are questioning lew's commitment to cutting spending and getting the nation's fiscal house in order. >> all right, thank you, sally. once again, shots rang out at the school. >> this time in california. we have more coming up. >> new rules on how you can get

institute][captions copyright nationalcable satellite corp. 2013] >> we will focus on the renin and hegel nominations live at seven: 00 a.m. eastern. several live events on c-span. the urban institute analyzes the recent debate on the fiscal cliff and what is next on the debate on government spending. at two: 00, new york jersey governor's state of the state address. >> i enjoy the capitol hill coverage. i started there many decades ago. also, the certain committee hearings. they are informative to see what happens in congress. i like the way c-span covers the fact that it pretends -- present itself on what is really happening. >> bill watches c-span on comcast. c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979. rock to you as a public service by your television provider. president obama nominates former senator chuck hagel to the security advisor and john brennan as head of the cia. >> the president of the united states, leon panetta, chuck hagel, and mr. le john brennan. >> as president and commander in chief, my most solemn obligation is the security of the american people. we have

one of the names that has been floated, normer senator chuck hegel and he got criticism for comments he made and president obama signalled that that criticism has not dissuaded him. >> from honolulu, thank you very much. >> how is it possible that this is a political issue. we are here today and we can vote on this. the votes are clearly there. >> up next, more on the out rage over speaker boehner's decision to adjourn the house without passing sandy relief. just in, we will have that all for you next. at optionsxpress we're all about options trading. we create easy to use, powerful trading tools for all. look at these streaming charts! they're totally customizable and they let you visualize what might happen next. that's genius! strategies, chains, positions. we put 'em all on one screen! could we make placing a trade any easier? mmmm...could we? open an account today and get a free 13-month e ibd™ subscription when you call 1-888-280-0157 now. optionsxpress by charles schwab. what are you saying to your constituents and the victims? >> it's one of the toughest things i have to do i

to mark the cfirmation hearings of the senator hegel, on the record as saying sanctions are not workingand israel, if their is a real question. so they are looking in all this and saying to themselves, are we going to have to do this alone? no one wants them to get lewd -- nuclear-weapons, no one wants this more than we do. if we're on our own, if it is only as, we have to do it. lori: the president's quick to point out, very sensitive. >> passive aggressive, which is even worse because look what happened with libya. talk about dictators, but we never managed to secure all the weapons. that is was feeling all the fights. lori: and then you have to talk by egypt. >> and egypt, what is the problem there? there is no real cohesive government. egypt amelie topple the tape -- dictator, but will we got was pretty much chaos. an economic basket case. they cannot feed their own people. if they are of a billion and a half dollars, they don't feed their people. they have to get the from somewhere, and the economy is flat line. lori: rejecting calls for new unity government. was he is not around d

at 9:30, the senate armed services committee hears from chuck hegel. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton leaves the council on foreign relations.

told the city wants to take over, senator john kerry for secretary of state, former senator chuck hegel adviser john brennan for the cia. for my money his potential pick for treasury secretary has be scratching my head. white house chief of staff jet blue. here he is right here. fox news sources say that announcement to replace tim geithner could come by the end of the week. all but a done deal. but what experiences he had that would make him right for the job? the 57-year-old is not a veteran of wall street, not an economist. he is a lawyer, and, of course cannot politician. he began his career on capitol hill eventually becoming an adviser to former house speaker tip o'neill. his first foray into the world of money became in the boston office of management and budget. it was there president clinton, when the film brought into the national omb. he returned under president obama in 2010. look, a very different bio compared to geithner who came from a prominent role as president of the new york federal reserve which is a big deal. a major player during the financial crisis, and struggle

hegel has been criticized for being anti israel is the shielding himself from the accusation by sayinghe's ready to act on iran or always say something more behind it. i think if you're referring to his words today i think we have to keep in mind that he is his main goals today was to appeal to this group of senators and i think when it comes to israel he has he's in a position right now where he is he has to present himself as someone who is supporting the current white house policy an issue israel so he had to be very careful about how he was saying and what he was saying and he knew that the senators were coming for war for him today on on israel and his past statements i don't think what you saw today was any go ahead. you can finish off. i was going to say many believe it has i don't think it. i was going to say mentally that hagel is not mean nation could mean that the white house is not in favor of militaristic policies so much more any more does his statement on iran to prove them wrong oh i see what you're saying on iran and i think this is what i got from it what i what i thi

chuck hegel is the picked to replace leon panetta. the current white house counterterrorism adviser, john brennan, is expected to be nominated to the cia. there were concerns over his endorsement a few years ago. we'll have live coverage of the announcement today, here on c- span. again, chuck hagel, right now chairing the atlantic council. also, john brennan, nominated to head the cia. he is the current white house counter-terrorism adviser and cia deputy director for a couple of years. those announcements were expected this afternoon. -- are expected this afternoon. we will likely hear more about these nominations today during a white house briefing. we will have live coverage of that also here on c-span. >> i think that cyber security remains the top priority. we saw congress failing to reach an agreement on the legislation in 2012, as many would have predicted. they remain very far apart because industry is opposed to these security standards. >> another big issue will be implementing the option to create more spectrum so the fcc

chuck hegel, whom i have known for over 20 years, pushed the white house and the department of justice to do this. >> explain this to outsiders. here is a guy who is a democrat, and he sat here and talked about you at great lengths and supporting your last candidacy. >> he was a big supporter in every way and was very generous in helping me and supported my political action. >> people are talking about getting you together, and we have a republican and democrat. how does that work? >> we have a higher purpose we were both focused on. the agent orange stuff was the largest out of court settlement. did judge wines been called me one day and asked if i would come to new york to visit. >> where were you then? >> i just left the va. judge wednesday laid it out, and he said, we will have $210 billion, and we do not know what to do with it. we can put together a board, make something out of this, define what it is, and you would be working very closely, so i agreed to do it and set it up. i had no financial stake. i had expenses paid and travel but no stipend or consulting fees, which i did n

i think chuck hegel's will be the next to be the defense secretary. we will see what happens with john brennan and john kerry to be the next secretary of state. we will be having much more extensive coverage of this later today at 4:00 p.m. in "the situation room." thanks very much for watching. brooke baldwin continues our coverage right now. >> wolf, thank you. the worst flu season in three years rocks the country. doctor sanjay gupta joins me live on what to expect over the next month. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. showdown at the white house. find out what happens when joe biden meets the nra and movie execs about gun control. plus one group wants to see pictures of osama bin laden's body. now a court is hearing its case against the president. and -- >> the nominees are -- >> the glitz, the glamour, the controversy. some big names left off the oscar list. you will hear them, right after this. >>> here we go. top of the hour, breaking news. i'm brooke baldwin. we have a school shooting in taft, california. we want to go to george howell. gla

host: senator hegel be introduced by two former senators, sam nunn, democrat of georgia, and john warnerrepublican of virginia. uc senator ayotte and senator mccaskill behind her. patty is in knoxville, tennessee. caller: good morning. the problem i have is he is a veteran, and go ahead and appoint a man. op harping on what happened in the past and what he said and appoint a man. we found out last week that we don't have anybody over at the atf. that may be a problem with out- of-control people with government. have a good day. host: thomas tweets in. back to your calls. paul in brooklyn. good morning. please go ahead. caller: when i think about -- i am doing annual reviews at work, and one of the questions that comes up is what the employee is doing best for themselves or best for the company, and how to they rate on that spectrum. when i look at the nomination process that is going on right now, i look at the senators and, now, i look at the senators and, they are

i think chuck hegel's will be

i am not a supporter of the logic to get us there i am glad that check hegel will air the issue but i cannot dismiss the possibility also through china to hold from the foundation of western pacific stability even if you don't think there will be a war but to pull back as china rises is the most destabilizing position i could imagine it as become the surgeon -- second largest economy and i am a supporter rising powers are inherently a tumultuous and dynamic and dangerous. i would want to stay roughly where we are with defense spending to save another hundred billion with a 10 year defense projections. >>. >> to take someone more powerful but it is sensible to take some of that money that you talk about from the defense budget to rebalance on capitol hill we tried but succeeded to get peacekeeping money out of the lead dod budget. guess which committee is more powerful? that is where we should rebalance resources. just because the soviet union was speaker does not mean it was more dangerous. what would you do if you got the phone call that said pakistan got a hold of the weapon? it was

of those times where i'm watching the commentators, mccain and others talk about their problems of hegels a republican now they don't like because of obama. you're right rude. in terms of what the fiscal cliff did, you read one story after another about a party that's in disarray. it is hilarious. >> it really is. and they don't know -- you know, mcconnell, i've heard various things that mcconnell wants to try to turn back the tea party because you know, there is a chance he could be challenged now in the primaries before he has to face ashley judd which would be kind of awesome. that's a debate i would love to see by the way is mitch mcconnell versus ashley judd, you know. >> stephanie: or any of the judds really. you also talk about the bonuses that the fiscal vote cliff tossed the hastert rule into the toilet and flushed. >> yeah, that was the thing dennis hastert gave the speech and i forget what year, early when he was speaker of the house and if you don't remember dennis hastert, think about your very heavy uncle who breathes heavy and wears squinty glasses. >> breathes through his

i don't think senator hegel is sitting there or will go to the defense department and be a proponent. this is talking about conflict resolution, changes that have to take place the that the society's -- societies. it is worth aspiring to. and we are lucky if we will get there in however many centuries the way we are going. >> i appreciate your opening comments about the issues we face. for a moment i wished you were nominated for secretary of treasury. i do appreciate those comments and the ones you just made. you have been a senator for 29 years. the president was under your tutelage when he came in as a junior member of this committee. >> i think he would object to being under anybody's tutelage. >> i will let him call and object. . . >> thank you for your comments. i appreciate them. i appreciate working with you on a lot of these efforts. there hasaged now tha-- been a shift in policy. the president was here for meetings. my hope is that -- i want to keep the existing efforts going, which could become subject to the sequestration and budget efforts. we will have to convince our co

host: do we know how chuck hegel feels about this? caller: we do not actually. he does not have a stated position on this. i think it is something we will be trying to catch on in the days ahead. host: how does this work in terms of congress and the white house itself? is any approval needed? caller: he will have to send a report about this change within the next 30 days, if i am not mistaken. that will have to detail what changes there would be to the service act. that war -- that will be something we will look for and review. this could open the door on whether or not women should be included in a draft if that happens again. host: juana summers, defense reporter for politico. we look forward to reading more of your pieces. we are going to have a news conference by the defense secretary at 1:30 eastern time. this will be about half of an hour after the john kerry confirmation hearing. it is making a ton of headlines here in washington. here is the front page of "the washington post." elsewhere on the front page of "the washington post." we have been taking you

. >> if i could ask about chuck hegel, one of the things he raised was the comments that he made about james hormel who came under fire by anti-gay groups. i am wondering, he made those comments 15 years ago and did not apologize for them until a month ago when it was clear he was in the running to be the secretary of defense. why that kind of delay? does she have to explain this comments -- does he have to explain his comments? >> he regretted them and they do not represent the totality of his use. -- his views. i would point you to the statement he made. and he will have -- senators will have an opportunity through the confirmation process, as they do traditionally and routinely, to ask him questions about his views on issues. the secretary of defense -- senator hagel, when he is confirmed, as we hope he will be -- carries out the president's policies. and i think the president's policies on lgbt issues are both commendable, supported by the lgbt community, and will continue to be the policies of this administration as long as president obama is in office. so, again, i think you've s

i don't think senator hegel is sitting there or will go to the defense department and be a proponent.this is talking about conflict resolution, changes that have to take place the that the society's -- societies. it is worth aspiring to. and we are lucky if we will get there in however many centuries the way we are going. >> i appreciate your opening comments about the issues we face. for a moment i wished you were nominated for secretary of treasury. i do appreciate those comments and the ones you just made. you have been a senator for 29 years. the president was under your tutelage when he came in as a junior member of this committee. >> i think he would object to being under anybody's tutelage. >> i will let him call and object. i will just say you have strong opinions, heartfelt feelings about what we should be doing as a nation but that the foreign relations. in the meetings you have sat together, secretary clinton alluded to differences she had as it relates to north africa and how we deal with al qaeda. have you been able to talk through some of those issues? what has been the

hegel ishink senator sitting there or will go to the defense department and be a proponent. this is talking about conflict resolution, changes that have to take place the that the society's -- societies. it is worth aspiring to. and we are lucky if we will get there in however many centuries the way we are going. >> i appreciate your opening comments about the issues we face. for a moment i wished you were nominated for secretary of treasury. i do appreciate those comments and the ones you just made. you have been a senator for 29 years. the president was under your tutelage when he came in as a junior member of this committee. >> i think he would object to being under anybody's tutelage. >> i will let him call and object. i will just say you have strong opinions, heartfelt feelings about what we should be doing as a nation but that the foreign relations. in the meetings you have sat together, secretary clinton alluded to differences she had as it relates to north africa and how we deal with al qaeda. have you been able to talk through some of those issues? what has been the

we look at defense and a look at senator hegel and others, lots of issues regarding that. i think of the to the science areas where we need to be focused. i but not want to judge where he is going. anybody who would fill the roles to seek to have a relationship with -- to base policy development in sound science and to pursue the beach will difference that we can find a common ground and i did for a policy development. we have been having a and a lot over the past couple of months. have there is that we disagree on. we have areas that we represent a seized the area for them with the area might. we believe regulation should be thoughtful and they should be based on science. as what does the composition in dealing with the regulators. we welcome the opportunity to work with whatever president will nominate. we look forward to it based on sound science and on pure philosophy. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. i in sure we will follow up questions anybody else will have it. what's next, a discussion about the future of afghanistan. california rip hovey s. bruce sarah.

[inaudible question] >> senator hegel and i are old friends and we had a very frank and candid conversation, and i will be looking forward to the hearing and asking questions. should be given the opportunity before many of us make a judgment. >> direct your concerns. >> well, we discussed my concerns. we will be talking more about them in the hearing. >> going back to the. [inaudible question] we will was some of the feedback you got on the plan for afghanistan? >> i will let my colleague discuss our meeting with president karzai. i think that the understanding of the urgency of the situation in syria. that is why we're here. and as senator blumenthal very eloquently stated, greater and greater participation and leaders are being exercised by the wrong people. the best fighters. that is just the fact. and more and more of them are pouring in from literally all over the world, not just the arab world, but all over the world. that lends urgency, and it is indisputable that the iranians and the russians are providing massive amounts of arms and aid. in fact, there on the ground. that is why we