Schumer: ‘Too Early To Tell’ If Hagel Will Be Confirmed (VIDEO)

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Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday demured when asked to predict if Chuck Hagel will ultimately be confirmed as the next secretary of defense.

“I want to hear directly from Chuck Hagel and I want to hear about all kinds of different issues,” Schumer, the Senate’s third-ranking Democrat, told The Wall Street Journal. “I’ve read about what he said. I’ve studied the record a little bit. I’ll study it more. But before I make any decision I’m going to give him a full hearing.”

Schumer said “it’s too early to tell” if Hagel will be confirmed.
 
“I’m not going to take guesses like that until I sit down and talk to him,” Schumer said.
 
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