WILL HAGEL NOMINATION GO TO THE FULL SENATE?

The conservatives for two reasons do not like Hagel. First, he is a man of peace. Second, Obama nominated him. You have a lot of acting going on in Washington and the scene is set in the Arms services Committee against a backdrop of Israel, Korea, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, etc. There are 26 members, 14 Democrats and 12 Republicans. The one thing we have to keep in mind is that every state in the union has a defense contractor. Also, remember that Obama has taken an aggressive foreign policy strategy including the use of drone tactics, which has seriously divided the pro-Pentagon, pro-Israel factions in the conservative party. The result is that we on the outside do not know how the vote will go but trust the Chair Carl Levin will not call for a vote unless he has the votes to send Hagel’s nomination to the full senate.