WH: Hagel's nomination will

WH: Hagel's nomination will "absolutely not" be withdrawn

February 21, 2013 11:36 AM

White House press secretary Jay Carney strongly pushed back on GOP senators' call for the White House to withdraw Chuck Hagel's nomination for secretary of defense, saying suggestions of withdrawal "run against both the majority will of the Senate and against our national interest."

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