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Chuck hagel will have to answer questions about past comments he made about israel and gays. and john brennan picked to lead the c.i.a. will have to answer questions to link to enhanced interrogation techniques during the bush administration. jeff sessions and others coming out against jack lew for treasury-secretary. sessions says he believes lew 2010 budget testimony before congress was, quote, the most colossal misrepresentation in history. listen. >> i just had one vote on it. i do think the...

>> its hard for me to give you a kind of universal this is what everybody in the cia thinks. i think theres clear a sense that when there was a question or potential for legal action in some capacity against cia officers even if personally i know theres plenty of cia officers who disagreed with these enhanced interrogation techniques but they thought they were basically being asked to do something to be their country and potentially would have -- many of them have had to take out insurance plans...

Authorized by the duly enacted budget of the united states. translation? go over the head of congress and raise the debt creeiling from t oval office, because it is an esoteric concern that has street level consequences burk i scons remains a matter of interpretation. think george w. bush, post 9/11 and bolt ststered by a fierce t of lawyers who e helped usher in the greatest debt in decades. and now it is not war powers or extraordinary rendition or interrogation techniques, but it is about the...

Todays report of 371 shows slightly below that line again. well under that to bring that unemployment number down. 7.8% now. martha: john brenneman could be in for a battle as president obamas pick for the central intelligence agency. lawmakers looking to press brennan on his support for the enhanced interrogation techniques before he decided he was against them. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live from washington. you have followed john brennans career for many years here. ...

Pentagon and given his experiences in vietnam, and i think we know that hagel reached out yesterday to senator mccain. they had a conversation on the phone, and you talk to people on both mccains staff and with hagel and at the white house, and they dont think this is a done deal, but mccain would necessarily vote against his old friend, chuck hagel. sdoo fellow vietnam. >> right. >> combat veteran. susan paige, we are also seeing the discussion perculating about john brennan. what is clear is t...

Made affirmative statements. >> yes, he has, indeed. now, john, john brennan has 25 years of service at the cia. hes expected to be questioned rigorously on the issue of torture or enhanced interrogation techniques as theyre known by some. does this present mr. brennan with some real challenge given his oversight of enhanced interrogation techniques under the previous administration? >> well, i mean, since he was there in the previous administration, if the senate wants to ask him those question...

His comments about this appointment is very troublesome. for me, its what is his position going to be in regards to the presidents policies of gays in the military? how does he feel about that? what type of advice would he give the president? these are questions that he needs to answer. >> steve: sure. one of the presidents other nominees is john brennan for c.i.a. chief. its interesting, the president didnt nominate him four years ago because he was probably a little too controversial. whats di...

Name because he didnt want the confirmation hearings to focus on the bush administrations use of waterboarding. and enhanced interrogation techniques. mr. obama says he and brennan are in sync on that, too. >> he understands we are a nation of laws. in moments of debate and decision, he he asks the tough questions and he ingists on high and rigorous standards. time and again, he has spoken to the american people about our counter terrorism policies because he recognizes we have a responsibility ...

Fill one other key national security position, nominating john brennan to be the next head of the cia. brennan spent 25 years at the intelligence agency. his name was floated for director at the start of president obamas first term in fact, but brennan withdrew when critics linked him to harsh interrogation techniques used by the cia when george w. bush was in office. also, it was back to work monday for secretary of state hillary clinton and her warm welcome is our favorite story of the day. ...

Waterboarding in the bush jeyea and even some alleged leaks from the wlous. >> well, i think, again, the confirmation process is an important process. we want to make sure to get answers to questions. john brennan has a very distinguished career. he was part of the george w. bush administration and which enhanced interrogation techniques were used which i believe violated our principles and laws so that we want to ask those questions to find out his role in that regard. thats our responsibility ...