Hagel’s Confirmation and the Secret Donors Out to Foil the Nomination

The Takeaway

The opposition against Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for secretary of defense, has been building. The attack came from several groups of anonymous donors, on his side of the aisle, who have spent millions of dollars funding ads to put the breaks on his appointment.
Todd Zwillich, Takeaway Washington correspondent, gives us a sense of how these donors could affect today’s confirmation hearings and how rough a ride Hagel is in for today.

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