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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,
told reporters Wednesday that the committee is planning to hold
Pete Hegseth’s hearing in mid-January as the former Fox News
host and veteran has visited Senate offices in an effort to
rally Republicans around him. Some senators have questioned his
fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and
sexual misconduct.
Hegseth has told senators that he wouldn’t drink while defense
secretary and pushed back on the reports of misbehavior, and
Trump has publicly boosted his nomination, posting on his social
media platform last week that “Pete is a WINNER, and there is
nothing that can be done to change that!!!” Hegseth also
attended the Army-Navy football game with the president-elect
over the weekend.
More confirmation hearings are expected after the new Republican
Senate is sworn in on Jan. 3 and Trump is inaugurated on Jan.
20. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said he wants
to confirm Trump’s cabinet as quickly as possible once Trump is
in office.
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