Former Senator Chuck Hagel testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on January 31, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Hagel Tells Lawmakers He Can't Provide Details On Speaking Engagements, Foreign Funders -- Buzz Feed
“He is basically telling Senators they have no right to know if he has been unduly influenced by foreign governments or foreign agents over the last five years. What is he hiding?” GOP aide says.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, has informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that he will not provide foreign financial details for the corporate and nonprofit organizations he was affiliated with since he left the Senate in 2009.
Republican members of the committee asked Hagel last week for information on whether any of the organizations received funding from any foreign government, individual, or corporation — a request he declined late Tuesday in a letter citing confidentiality agreements.
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Update: Hagel Vote Postponed. Financial concerns, lack of disclosures hold up Hagel vote -- Washington Free Beacon
My Comment: If true .... this is potentially serious and embarrassing for the White House. I would think that such information was vetted before he was nominated .... and then passed onto the Senate committee. Apparently not. So far it is only the conservative blogs that are reporting on this story, but I will not be surprised if the mainstream media will start to ask the same questions in the next day or two .... and after that .... if Chuck Hagel wants to be confirmed he better find a way to provide the info that is being requested.
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