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GWEN IFILL (Newshour): Now we take a two-part look at President Obama's choice to be the next secretary of defense.
Confirmation hearings for former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel are set for Thursday. Among other things, he is likely to face questions about the Pentagon's looming budget crisis. Automatic spending cuts set to take effect March first mean the Defense Department may have to find $52 billion in savings this year and half-a-trillion dollars over the next decade.
NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman reports.
KWAME HOLMAN (Newshour): Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently sounded the alarm at the prospect of looming budget cuts.
DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA, United States: The most immediate threat to our ability to achieve our mission is fiscal uncertainty. We're going to suffer some damage.
KWAME HOLMAN: That damage could be felt soon. Hundreds of thousands of the Pentagon's civilian employees will face furloughs and reduced paychecks as early as April.
"In Some States, Political Ads Take Aim at Defense Secretary Nominee Chuck Hagel" (Part-2) PBS Newshour 1/29/2013
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SUMMARY: Political ads both on TV and in newspapers have been launched against Chuck Hagel, nominee for Secretary of Defense. Judy Woodruff talks with New York Times reporter Jim Rutenberg about who may be behind the campaigns and what affect they may have.
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