Reid: GOP Holds on Nominations Hurt National Security

Defense News: WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is pressing GOP leaders to clear the Senate's many holds on civilian nominees to top national security posts, saying Republicans would rather try to embarrass President Barack Obama than make the nation safe.

"Republicans aren’t getting the message. They talk a good game about security, but things just like this they’re not doing,” Reid, D-Nev., told reporters on Wednesday. “We need to do everything we can to focus attention on it."

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