The 6 senators who could be key to Hegseth's Pentagon confirmation

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon, is facing a tight Senate confirmation as questions continue to swirl around his suitability for the job. The Army veteran and ...

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Pete Hegseth wants to shake up the Pentagon? Good luck!

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Gingrich applauds Hegseth pick: Pentagon needs ‘complete overhaul’

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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, faced sex assault allegation

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Trump’s Pentagon pick Hegseth wrote of US military taking sides in ‘civil war’

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Detroit News editorial says Senate should reject Gaetz, Hegseth

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GOP senators hold back judgment on Hegseth sexual assault allegation

Republican senators appear to be giving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon, the benefit of the doubt after his lawyer confirmed he paid a woman who accused him of ...

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Hegseth says he's 'cleared' in sex assault case. The police report doesn't say that.

JD Vance returns to Capitol Hill today to accompany Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. There, he'll meet with GOP Senators to discuss his nomination.

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Some Republican senators, who will consider his nomination to be defense secretary, shrugged off the accusations and defended him.

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