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Armed Services Committee chairman rebuts GOP request on Hagel

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Republican Chuck Hagel, a former two-term GOP senator from Nebraska and President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday he will press ahead with a vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary, rejecting Republicans demands for more financial information from President Barack Obama’s choice as setting an unprecedented standard.