Obama Announces Hagel, Brennan Nominations

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At the White House on Monday, President Obama announced former Sen. Chuck Hagel as his nominee for secretary of defense and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan as his nominee for CIA director. 

Hagel, Obama said, is the “leader our troops deserve.”

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