Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will publicly face senators on Tuesday for the first time after weeks of privately pushing back on criticism over his qualifications and personal past.

There was another round of Senate confirmation hearings today on Capitol Hill. A number of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees were on the hot seat again today as they answered numerous questions from several Senate committee members.

After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, the nominations process will officially begin.

The committee’s Republican chairman and its top Democrat were briefed on F.B.I. findings into Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick. Democrats questioned whether there were gaps.

This week’s Senate’s confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s first wave of Cabinet-level nominees got off to an uncharacteristically smooth start, as Trump’s picks flexed their loyalty to the president-elect and fended off Democratic attacks—or, at least, avoided shedding GOP votes.

Democrats grilled Trump’s defense secretary pick over ugly allegations against him. But barring a last-minute surprise, he appears on track to be confirmed.

A group of top Senate Republican lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday to re-impose a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation on the Houthis, a signal that the issue is likely to be a top priority for GOP hawks coming into the Trump administration.

“Mr. Hegseth had three audiences: the committee, the United States Senate and the American general ... done a good job in many cases,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the committee ...

Hearings scheduled this week for more than a dozen of the president-elect's cabinet choices will provide an early test of his hold over Senate Republicans.

The Senate Armed Services Committee ... of the Pentagon as the United States faces threats from Russia, China, Iran and adversaries around the world. If approved by the committee, the full Senate ...

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