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Republicans begin filibuster against Hagel

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans refused to allow a vote Wednesday on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department, staging the first filibuster against a president’s choice to head the Pentagon since the agency was created.  

By Michael A. Memoli

February 13, 2013

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