Obama to announce key security roles

Obama to announce key security roles US President Barack Obama is poised to nominate Chuck Hagel as secretary of defence and John Brennan to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
The selections, particularly the former, are likely to set the stage for a tough nomination fight focusing on the former Republican senator’s views on Israel and Iran.
The announcements, to replace Leon Panetta at the Pentagon and David Petraeus at the CIA, are expected on Monday, the Associated Press quoted administration officials as saying. Mr Obama returned from a holiday in Hawaii on Sunday.
Mr Hagel’s possible nomination has caused an uproar among neoconservatives over his questioning of sanctions and military action against Iran and his statement that a “Jewish lobby” intimidates Congress.

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