Politics | Chuck Hagel After Closest Vote Ever, Chuck Hagel Sworn In He'll next address Pentagon workers By Kate Seamons Posted Feb 27, 2013 8:15 AM CST Copied Marine Corp. Lt. Gen. Tom Waldheuser, center, greets Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., right, and his wife Lilibet. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Chuck Hagel's 58-41 confirmation vote wasn't just close; it was the closest ever for a defense secretary, notes Reuters, with just four Republicans voting in favor of the Republican, who was sworn in this morning. The closed-door ceremony will be followed by an address to Pentagon workers at 10:30am. After that: Focus on the sequester? Read These Next It's the most modern of insults: Clanker. You can't just unleash bees on cops without consequences. Why Winston Churchill never got his platypus. She tried to save a chimp from the 'evil clutches of PETA.' Report an error