Committees Hear From Trump Cabinet Picks
13 hours ago
It’s a big day for the people President Elect Donald Trump wants to help him lead this country.
Several nominees will be going before the Senate committees that oversee the departments Trump wants them to run. Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is heading into a potentially explosive Senate confirmation hearing. Senators are preparing to question whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. military. Tuesday's hearing is the start of a weeklong marathon as the Republican-led Senate rushes to have some of Trump’s Cabinet picks ready to be confirmed as soon as Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. Hegseth’s former experience in the Army National Guard is widely viewed as an asset for the job, but he also brings a record of past statements and actions, including derisive views about women in combat roles and “woke” generals.
The hearings for several other nominees will continue through Thursday. The hearing dates have not yet been set for other high profile nominees like Robert F. Kennedy Junior at Health and Human Services, Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence, Linda McMahon in the Department of Education and Kash Patel in the FBI.
Several nominees will be going before the Senate committees that oversee the departments Trump wants them to run. Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is heading into a potentially explosive Senate confirmation hearing. Senators are preparing to question whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. military. Tuesday's hearing is the start of a weeklong marathon as the Republican-led Senate rushes to have some of Trump’s Cabinet picks ready to be confirmed as soon as Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. Hegseth’s former experience in the Army National Guard is widely viewed as an asset for the job, but he also brings a record of past statements and actions, including derisive views about women in combat roles and “woke” generals.
The hearings for several other nominees will continue through Thursday. The hearing dates have not yet been set for other high profile nominees like Robert F. Kennedy Junior at Health and Human Services, Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence, Linda McMahon in the Department of Education and Kash Patel in the FBI.
