WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday he was disappointed with senators' handling of the hearing on Chuck Hagel, the nominee to succeed him at the Department of Defense, and the seemingly political motivation for their attacks.
"It's pretty obvious that the political knives were out for Chuck Hagel," Panetta said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"What disappointed me was that they talked a lot about past quotes, but what about what a secretary of defense is confronting today?" Panetta said. "What about the war in Afghanistan? What about the war on terrorism? What about the budget sequester and what impact it's going to have on readiness? What about Middle East turmoil? What about cyber attacks? All of the issues that confront a secretary of defense, frankly those were -- we just did not see enough time spent on discussing those issues, and in the end that's what counts."
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