By Kristina Peterson
Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, nominated as defense secretary, will be confirmed by the Senate later this month, one of his most outspoken critics predicted Sunday.
Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.), who helped lead GOP efforts to temporarily block Mr. Hagel’s confirmation last week, said he expected Mr. Hagel would be approved when lawmakers return from this week’s recess.
“I’m confident that Sen. Hagel will probably have the votes necessary to be confirmed as the secretary of defense,” Mr. McCain said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Fellow veterans of the Vietnam War who later served in the Senate together, Messrs. Hagel and McCain were once close friends. Mr. Hagel was a co-chairman of Mr. McCain’s 2000 campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, but the two drifted apart on policy issues, including the decision to send a surge of troops to Iraq. Mr. Hagel didn’t endorse a presidential candidate in 2008, but he traveled with Mr. Obama on a campaign trip overseas.
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