The belabored confirmation process for Secretary of Defense Nominee Chuck Hagel has been dotted with rancorous Washington politics that have moved between personal vendettas and the status quo of partisan inflexibility to an uglier-than-usual state: Last week, when Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questioned Hagel’s record, he was met with comparisons from his Democratic colleagues to Joseph McCarthy.
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