Washington (Reuters)-Democratic leaders in the Senate of the United States moving ahead with plans for conducting Monday's voting for the inaugural Chuck Hagel as Defense Minister.
That movement will pave the way for Hagel became the head of the Pentagon's new leadership under President Barack Obama despite there is opposition from some members of the Senate from the Republican party, Reuters reported.
Sen. Carl Levin, Chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said he will ask the Committee to conduct the vote in the trial that is scheduled to take place Tuesday at 14.30 local time.
The candidacy of Hagel as Defense Minister must first get approval from the Committee before it is then considered by the Senate as a whole.
The Committee controlled by Democrats--with 14 seats compared to the 12 original members occupied the Republic--is expected to approve the candidacy of Hagel.
Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, said that he estimated that the discussion at the level of the Senate reserved the candidacy of Hagel will already be completed Thursday, and pave the way for actual voting.
The Democrats controlled the Senate majority with 55-45 that position is estimated to be approval Hagel became Minister of Defense.
"We hope that Wednesday or Thursday and we've been able to resolve the issue of the candidacy of Hagel," said Reid.
Hagel (66 years), which is a member of the Republican Party and was a senator representing Nebraska, before becoming a target of criticism from his party's senators spicy on its own.
They launched a question about whether Hagel supported Israel and tough enough against Iran.
Hagel in front panel recognition of the armed forces in the deliberations of the Council on 31 January and then reserved his candidacy also other criticism.
In fact, a number of members of the democratic origin says Hagel looks not ready and it looks doubtful when it gets aggressive questions from members of the original Committee Republican.
Supporters of Hagel, who has a conviction that Hagel will succeed Leon Panetta at the Defense Department, called the delay and the threat of Republican strongholds to prevent voting for the candidacy of Hagel as a political stance that threatens national security.
"We are very confident that ... Sen. Hagel will be confirmed as the next Secretary of Defense, "said White House spokesman Jay Carney in a news conference Monday.
There is no Democratic members who do not support the Hagel, and at least two members of the original Republican Senator Thad Cochran--from Mississippi and Mike Johanns, currently occupying the Nebraska Senate seat left by Hagel--have said that they will vote support for Hagel.
A number of other Republican members said they would not support the use of any procedural mechanism will force Democrats gathered the 60 votes to establish the candidacy of Hagel. (T008/A/C003)
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