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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

Tuesday's hearing was supposed to be an opportunity to cross-examine Hegseth on his qualifications and character to be ...

Why should women in our military, if you were the Secretary of Defense, believe that they would have a fair shot and an equal ...

Hegseth is resolutely unqualified to be secretary of Defense, but Democrats’ uninspiring questioning did a dreadful job of ...

Senate Democrats did nothing to change any minds, hearts, or votes about the defense secretary nominee. Too often, their ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, faced scrutiny over his level of experience and ...

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over ...

Hegseth failed to prove that he’s up for the job; Republican senators failed to do their jobs; and Trump failed to choose a ...

At his confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in.

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, seen by Trump allies as a pivotal vote, said she would back the defense secretary pick.