Patrick Leahy: “I have listened to the recitation. Basically what the Senator is…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2013

I have listened to the recitation. Basically what the Senator is saying is that all the rules that were in place for nominees to the Department of Defense under Republican Presidents are being followed for Senator Hagel. But there are some who want to go beyond those and create new rules beyond those for Vice President Cheney when he was Secretary or Donald Rumsfeld or Gates or any of the other Secretaries of Defense. The Senator is saying some now want to do something different for this nominee of President Obama's than the practices they found totally acceptable for the nominees of President Bush?

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Patrick Leahy

Democratic · Vermont

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Feb 14, 2013

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