The Hill Articles: February 2, 2013

Panetta: ‘Political knives’ were out for Hagel during hearing Harvard students withdraw after cheating in ‘Intro to Congress’ course Report: Johanns to back Hagel nomination H-1B visa cap battle looms on the horizon Republican Mass. state representative mulls run for Kerry’s seat Leftist group claims responsibility for US embassy attack Senate plan would give Napolitano the final say on border security Nebraska lieutenant governor quits amidst questions over calls Democratic lawmaker, with NRA in his backyard, talks tough on gun control White House releases photo of Obama skeet shooting at Camp David Report: Top EPA air quality official in line to replace outgoing administrator East and Gulf Coast ports reach agreement with dockworkers Biden: Iran must be serious for US talks Immigration splits Tea Party lawmakers Menendez allegations growing rapidly, creating headache for Democrats Bruising confirmation fight could weaken Hagel in top Pentagon job Obama blames economic contraction on ‘bad decisions in Washington’ Brooks blasts Dems for not producing budget State tenure boosts Hillary Clinton’s standing with voters Villaraigosa rules out joining Cabinet ‘Extremely sophisticated’ hackers hit Twitter, access thousands of accounts