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  • Senate votes to confirm Hagel as defense chief

    February 27, 2013 8:10 AM

    WASHINGTON - Chuck Hagel is expected to take the oath of office today as defense secretary. Just four Republicans joined Democrats in confirming Hagel, a two-term Republican senator and a twice-wounded Vietnam veteran. The vote came after the GOP ended an unprecedented filibuster. President Obama called Hagel the... more »
  • Kerry to field questions from his own panel

    January 24, 2013 6:53 AM

    WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. John Kerry is expected to win overwhelming bipartisan support from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his confirmation hearing today. Kerry is President Barack Obama's pick to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who's stepping down. Kerry has served on... more »
  • Kerry prepping for secretary of state confirmation

    January 3, 2013 1:25 PM

    WASHINGTON - The State Department says Sen. John Kerry, who President Barack Obama has nominated to be the next secretary of state, has started meeting with diplomatic staff to prepare for his confirmation. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says Kerry was at the department's Foggy Bottom headquarters Wednesday. She says... more »
  • DHH Secretary contract controversy

    June 8, 2011 5:57 PM

    BATON ROUGE- State Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein's confirmation hearing today resulted in a major debate with lawmakers. As part of the hearing lawmakers blasted him for withholding an announcement involving the state Medicaid contract. He later released the information in the meeting, confirming that the... more »
  • Sen. Landrieu: will block nominee until moratorium lifted

    September 23, 2010 5:12 PM

    Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will block a Senate vote to confirm the nominee to a key White House economic office to protest the six-month moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in the Gulf. Landrieu, a Democrat, says she will object to a vote on Jacob Lew to... more »

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