Monday, January 7, 2013 CNN.com - Top Stories: Obama faces battle over proposed defense chief CNN.com - Top Stories CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Obama faces battle over proposed defense chief Jan 7th 2013, 18:26 U.S. President Barack Obama is to nominate a controversial senator, Chuck Hagel, as his new defense secretary despite opposition from several leading Republicans. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions Tweet