A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

Hegseth was voted out of committee Monday along party lines. The Senate is expected to take up his nomination soon; it is ...

Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, praised defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth‘s ability to communicate the global threats facing the United States in a ...

CNN’s Manu Raju grilled Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS ... the committee, the United States Senate and the American general public. I think it was a magnificent ...

Hegseth faced intense questioning from Democrats in his Armed Services Committee ... audiences— the committee, the United States Senate, and the general American public,” Wicker said after ...

Miss., center, accompanied by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. speaks during ...

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Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) declared the hearing a “tour de force” and “triumph” on the part of Hegseth. “Mr. Hegseth had three audiences: the committee, the United States Senate and ...

WASHINGTON − Pete Hegseth emerged mostly unscathed by withering questioning during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee ... Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ...