Nominate Obama Hagel as defense minister and Brennan for CIA

                            

WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - strong U.S. President Barack Obama, Monday (01/07/2013) local time, nominate Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator, as minister of defense and counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, the leader of the CIA.

Obama urged the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm their positions are.

Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran to obtain honors, will replace Leon Panetta at the Pentagon. Critics have derided Hagel as his record regarding Israel and Iran.

As Brennan is a veteran of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He has been considered a candidate for head of the CIA in 2008. However, he resigned after questions were raised about his views on interrogation techniques are applied to high-level terrorism suspects during the Bush administration.

He will replace retired Gen. David Petraeus, who resigned amid scandal romance with writer biography.