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Welcome back to "hardball." president obamas choice for secretary of state john kerry is expected to sail through his confirmation process, but the president has yet to name his pick for the secretary of defense. that may be because the candidate who is reportedly the white houses top choice chuck hagel could be a powder keg. hes been attacked by neocons. engaging groups like hamas and statements hes said of the israeli lobby in washington. today in the washington post a group of former security...

Advisers all defended hagel saying he is quote, a many of unshankable integrity. far more telling comments over the weekend from influential senators. lindsay graham and the retiring joseph lieberman are hawkish on the national defense and both show trepidation about hagel. here they are. >> a lot of republicans are going to ask him hard questions and i dont think hes going to get many republican votes. i like chuck, but frankly all of them are out of the mainstream and well to the left of the p...