Hegseth 'doing a great job': top Republican Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., tells reporters Pete Hegseth 'will be confirmed.' ...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) stumbled through an interview Wednesday night trying to talk up President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth. Scott appeared on CNN with host Jake ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday ... million people with a budget of $850 billion,” Hegseth told Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). “What I do know is that I’ve led men and women.

President-elect Donald Trump chose Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense because he’s a combat veteran and change agent who isn’t afraid to take on the vital job of rebuilding the U.S.

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face a confirmation hearing.

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

Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary ... Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) along with Sen.-elect Jim Banks (R-Ind.) to shore up support within the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has become one of his most controversial selections, with multiple allegations surfacing against him, including ...

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... respect the process," he said. ABC News' Rick Klein, Rachel Scott, Ivan Pereira and Allison Pecorin contributed ...

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