Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday that he believes former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel will be confirmed as the next defense secretary, citing the unlikeliness that Republicans will filibuster his nomination.
“I think Sen. Hagel will be confirmed,” Durbin said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Republican senators have told me privately that they are not going to initiate the first filibuster in history on a secretary of defense nominee.”