PBS NewsHour

Lawmakers Promise Tough Questions for Defense, CIA Nominees

Clip: 01/07/2013 | 15m 21s

Judy Woodruff reports on President Obama's nominations of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and John Brennan for CIA director. Gwen Ifill talks to Jessica Tuchman Mathews of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Reuel Marc Gerecht of Foundation for Defense of Democracies about the president's picks.

Aired: 01/07/13

Rating: NR

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