Barack Obama is poised to nominate Chuck Hagel as secretary of defence, setting the stage for a nomination fight focusing on the former Republican senator’s views on Israel and Iran.
The announcement by the US president of a Pentagon chief to replace Leon Panetta could come as early as today, administration officials indicated. Mr Obama returned from a holiday in Hawaii yesterday.
Mr Hagel’s possible nomination has caused an uproar among neoconservatives over his questioning of sanctions and military action against Iran and his statement that a “Jewish lobby” intimidates Congress.
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